FIGHT FOR 15 – The Year In Review
December 18, 2020
(Note: The United Media Guild represents fast food organizers across the United States.) Greetings To All, What a year this has been! This year has been full of organizing, strikes, walkouts, car caravans, and monumental actions in the struggle for...
NLRB schedules representation election (by mail) for Lawrence Journal-World newsroom employees!
November 24, 2020
The United States of America National Labor Relations Board has issued a NOTICE OF ELECTION For "All reporters and copy editors employed by the Employer at its facility located at 1035 3rd Street, Suite 101 B, Lawrence, Kansas, who were...
Lee Enterprises Changes Dependent Care Flex Spending Accounts
November 11, 2020
Lee Enterprises has announced a change its Dependent Care Flex Spending Account. From Jan 1, 2021 through March 15, 2021, Lee employees will be able to pay for dependent cares services with money deposited into their accounts in 2020. Many...
In Kansas, “ACLU” apparently stands for “Another Corporate Lackey Unmasked.”
September 1, 2020
. . . and your little dog too! In June the United Media Guild was contacted by employees at the ACLU of Kansas about forming a union. ACLU management, led by a former Google executive, Nadine Johnson, fought that...
Guild signs 18-month contract extension with St. Louis Review.
February 6, 2020
This morning, following a ratification vote by the St. Louis Review bargaining unit, the United Media Guild signed an 18-month contract extension with the St. Louis Review. The agreement contains no changes to the terms and conditions of employment but...
GateHouse, Gannett merge as the newspaper industry’s consolidation escalates
August 6, 2019
The consolidation of the newspaper industry accelerated with the pending merger of GateHouse and Gannett. This deal, when completed within four to six months, will lead to a massive reduction in management and administrative personnel of the combined companies. The...
March 8, 2019
Two fast food organizers employed by the National Fast Food Workers Union (an affiliate of the Service Employees International Union) were recently laid off from their jobs. The United Media Guild organized those NFFWU organizers in 2017 and, following a...
October 8, 2018
This past Thursday, at noon and 6 pm, a nomination meeting for Local Officers was held at the Guild Office, located at 1015 Locust St. Members could show up and nominate someone for local office or, if they preferred, they...