April 13, 2012
Some of our members have expressed difficulties getting their company-funded deductibles reimbursed this year. For the record, this is how its supposed to work... Employees with the low or mid-deductible plans pay a certain amount and then their company-funded...
Let them eat cake – a protest against corporate greed
April 11, 2012
Employees of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch will gather outside their newspaper at noon on Thursday, April 12, to protest the outrageous bonuses awarded Lee Enterprises CEO Mary Junck (who received $500,000) and CFO Carl Schmidt (who received $250,000). Noting...
What could YOU do with $750,000?
April 2, 2012
A few years ago we had an organizing drive at the Bloomington (IL) Pantagraph, a former Pulitzer property. When we filed for a representation election, we had signed A-Cards (authorization cards) from about 70% of the would-be bargaining unit. However,...
Mary Junck gets $500,000 bonus
March 27, 2012
According to a Lee Enterprises filing with the SEC, CEO Mary Junck has received a $500,000 bonus related to Lee's successful refinancing. Additionally, Carl Schmidt, vice president, CFO and treasurer, received a $250,000 bonus. Junck and Schmidt are the fiscal geniuses who way overpaid...
Daughter Faults Lee In Father’s Death
March 22, 2012
By Roy Malone Davenport, Iowa -- It was an emotional scene at the end of the recent annual meeting of Lee Enterprises, the newspaper chain that owns the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. There stood the young and very nervous Erica Douglas telling...
March 2, 2012
TNG International has a new website up and running and a new editor running things. There's a fresher look and an approach that feels more honest and straight from the shoulder. It's worth a look: www.newsguild.org Janelle Hartman,...
January 13, 2012
Copy of the text from a letter emailed to Jim Romenesko. Thursday Jan. 12, 2012 Dear Mr. Romenesko, St. Louis Post-Dispatch columnist Bill McClellan wrote a great column on Jan. 8, 2012, about Post-Dispatch retiree Robert Douglas, who passed away...
December 28, 2011
The United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware has scheduled a Disclosure Statement Hearing for 2:00 p.m. on January 23. As reported earlier, there appear to be no major obstacles to this process going forward...