December 13, 2011
Lee Enterprises formally submitted the necessary paperwork in Wilmington, Deleware bankruptcy court this morning to refinance its roughly one billion dollar debt. Lee's action came after the media corporation announced last week that it would enter into Chapter...
Lee announces it will file for bankruptcy
December 2, 2011
Today Lee Enterprises announced plans to file a "pre-packaged" Chapter 11 bankruptcy to restructure part of it's debt. Read the updated story in the Post-Dispatch here. The Guild is working to figure out exactly what it means for the employees...
November 1, 2011
To read the previous posting on this subject. click here: http://www.stlouisguild.org/headlines/?cat=23 As regular readers know, our local has been involved in federal litigation since late 2008 - when Lee Enterprises notified those who had retired under the old (blue)...
Lee Enterprises & bankruptcy: What are the odds?
September 21, 2011
By Jim Gallagher, Treasurer United Media Guild Lee Enterprises is struggling to refinance its debt, and that has implications for our jobs at the Post-Dispatch. The Guild will vigorously defend its members’ interest in this matter. Members have been asking...
United Media Guild adds Twitter account
August 20, 2011
The United Media Guild has recently created a Twitter account, @UMediaGuild. We're in the process of trying to follow as many of our members as we can but if we haven't followed you yet please follow us.
More newsroom layoffs announced at Post-Dispatch
August 17, 2011
The 138 Guild members in the newsroom of the Post-Dispatch were notified Tuesday the company is seeking up to 10 volunteers to accept a layoff by September 9. The company's is goal is achieve an undisclosed dollar figure in "savings". ...