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Lee Bankruptcy Update

    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...

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Lee Files Chapter 11

  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...

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Mediation nets contract at Labor Tribune

After nearly one year of bargaining, followed by three months of federal mediation and a strike authorization vote by Guild members, a new contract has been reached and ratified by Labor Tribune employees.   The contract runs three years from...

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Mediation nets agreement for Pekin workers

    Two Pekin Daily Times grievances appealed to arbitration were recently taken before a federal mediator (a step that was bargained into our contract with that paper) and - at least verbally - have been settled.   One issue...

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District Council Report

Midwest and Great Lakes Councils Nov. 4-6 Erie, Pa.   Not all the news affecting media workers is negative. Reports at the joint meeting of the Midwest District Council and Great Lakes Council had a few rays of sunshine, although...

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What’s new with our lawsuit?

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)...

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Logo Design Competition extended for one month

At a recent meeting of the Executive Council of Local 36047, it was decided to extend the deadline for our logo competition in order to attract more submissions. So the question remains: Are you the creative type? If so, how...

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KSDK-TV members ratify one-year contract

By a vote of 8 to 1, the Guild's KDSK Bargaining Unit - a rather eclectic unit comprising 17 members from four different classifications - approved a one-year deal with the station yesterday afternoon. The Guild represents directors, finance and...

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