False rumor of layoffs

False rumor of layoffs

Dear Post-Dispatch friends, There is a rumor circulating in the building about possible layoffs. The rumor is false, according to Astrid Garcia, VP HR, Labor, Operations at The St Louis Post - Dispatch. The rumor has generated many questions, calls...

Why Did Robert Douglas Die?

  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,...

Federal Government Programs to Prevent Foreclosure

With many Guild members laid off and looking for work, we saw this information and thought that it might be  of assistance to some.  We'd also like to remind our members of the wonderful people who work at the United...

Annual Dinner is a night of fun – and rememberance.

The United Media Guild held its annual dinner meeting Friday, January 27, 2012.  Approximately 150 were on hand and, following dinner and prior to conducting business, a moment of silence was held for Robert Douglas, a Post-Dispatch retiree who died...

A night to honor and remember

The United Media Guild (formerly St. Louis Newspaper Guild) held its annual dinner meeting Friday, January 27, 2012.  Approximately 150 were on hand and, prior to conducting business, a moment of silence was held for Robert Douglas, a retiree who...

Gatehouse looking to outsource at two Guild papers

The two papers are the Canton (Ohio) Repository (Northeast Ohio TNG Local 1) and the Peoria Journal Star, which is part of our local, the United Media Guild, Local 36047.  The following is a bargaining bulletin issued minutes ago by...

Guild endorses two ballot initiatives

Thursday evening, January 12, the Executive Committee of the United Media Guild unanimously endorsed two ballot initiatives currently in the petition stage as they work their way towards the November ballot.   The first ballot initiative is being promoted by...