The check is in the mail

The check is in the mail

Guild retirees should be interested to know that, today, we were informed that Lee is mailing out settlement checks to our 248 retirees who were part of the retiree medical lawsuit.  You should also be aware that all living retirees...

90%

Attention Guild retirees:  Today we hit 90%, which means that the settlement will move forward.  Thanks to everyone who helped reach out and locate some of their gone-to-ground former co-workers.  And a huge shout out to Mary Casey, who has...

Settlement in retiree medical lawsuit – mailing and meetings to follow

The United Media Guild, TNG-CWA, Local  36047, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, LLC and Lee Enterprises, Incorporated, have reached a settlement regarding the Guild’s claim for vested lifetime retiree health care benefits. The parties believe the settlement is a fair one...

In Davenport, it’s Christmas in July!

Say!  Did you hear the one about the media corporation that kept laying off newspaper employees - and trashing their newspapers in the process - in order to give bonuses, raises and stock options to their corporate executives? No?  Well...

Not that we spent a lot of time just sitting around yesterday but did you know that the letters in “mediation” can be rearranged to spell “a.m. edition” “I’m on a diet” “No idea Tim” and “I do, tie man” ?

Whew, what a long day!   As reported earlier on this site, the Guild entered court-mandated mediation yesterday to explore the possibility of reaching an understanding with Lee Enterprises regarding our lawsuits (blue and yellow contract retirees) regarding lifetime medical...

Retiree case heads to mediation

  The federal judge involved in our retiree health care case against Lee Enterprises recently ordered the parties to participate in mediation.  His hope, obviously, is that both sides can come to some sort of arrangement and put an end...

After paying big bonuses, Lee delays funding pensions

  Not that there was any question before, but there should be no question whatsoever about their values now...   Over the weekend, Guild members - active and retirees alike - received a letter from Lee Enterprises about their Pulitzer...