Nominations for 21st Annual Terry Hughes Award
December 6, 2012
Terry Hughes was 36 when she died of breast cancer on July 22, 1991. A columnist for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, her writing was clear, witty and descriptive, with a flair for portraying society’s underdogs. Some of her columns chronicled...
Bill McClellan Hosts First Amendment Celebration
November 22, 2012
Post-Dispatch columnist and United Media Guild member Bill McClellan will be master of ceremonies for a “First Amendment Celebration” scheduled for Nov. 29 at the Edward Jones building at Manchester Rd. and Interstate 270. The event, staged by the St....
Clearing the air on who is to blame in the Hostess Bakery worker’s strike
November 21, 2012
The Public Needs to Know The Truth: A Statement from St. Louis Labor Council President Robert Soutier (SAINT LOUIS) The failure of the mediation process imposed by the bankruptcy judge is no surprise. What is surprising is the on-going effort...
Springfield SJ-R Unit Up, Running
November 20, 2012
Our new unit at the Springfield State Journal-Register elected its first set of officers Saturday. Here is the account from the unit chair, Dean Olsen: We unionized to have a formal voice in preserving quality journalism in the state capital....
November 17, 2012
It seems that every newspaper has that quiet, unassuming employee who has been around for years and seems like a fixture at the paper. Someone who never complains and greets everyone with a smile or a kind word. At the...
Guild asks Lee to explain its medical premium increases
November 6, 2012
Shannon Duffy made the following request of Lee Enterprises on behalf of Guild members: It has come to the Guild's attention that Lee's announced medical premiums for the coming year is an 11 percent increase over last year's premium amount....
Guild still feels Jerry Tucker’s influence
October 22, 2012
The United Media Guild lost a valued colleague when labor activist Jerry Tucker passed away Friday. Jerry was an innovative and nationally prominent strategist based in St. Louis. He served as Director of UAW Region 5 before helping found the...
Why Springfield needed Guild representation
October 11, 2012
October 12 was election day at the Springfield State Journal-Register. Reporters, photographers, editors and newsroom aides will decide whether the United Media Guild should represent them. We encouraged our members to reach out to their colleagues in Springfield and describe...