Nominations for UMG Local Officers

Nominations for UMG Local Officers

Thursday, October 4, United Media Guild, Local 36047 will have two local nomination meetings – at noon and 6:00 p.m. – in the Guild office (1015 Locust St, suite 735) for all Executive Committee officer positions.  The positions are three-year...

Ratification vote scheduled for Friday at KSDK-TV

  Friday, September 28 at 12:00 noon, there will be a Guild unit meeting in the second floor conference room at the station to discuss – and then vote on – the tentative agreement reached last week between the United...

Come out on Labor Day and march with our CWA sisters and brothers!

This year CWA is THIRD in line because it's our 80th anniversary of marching in this parade! So it's safe to say that we'll be heading out at 9:00 a.m. sharp!  But you'll need to show up earlier than that...

UMG members, top CWA officers joined Missouri’s fight against “Right to Work”

Members of the United Media Guild were on the front lines of the fight against "Right to Work" in Missouri. Some of our retiree members helped gather signatures the more than 310,000 signatures that forced the issue to a state-wide...

UMG honors Bill McClellan, top activists

[caption id="attachment_2423" align="alignright" width="300"] Bill McClellan and previous Hughes winner Joel Currier.[/caption] [caption id="attachment_2424" align="alignright" width="300"] Guilder of the Year Joe Holleman addresses his fellow UMG members.[/caption] [caption id="attachment_2425" align="alignright" width="300"] Stanley Jackson accepted the Solidarity Award on behalf of...

UMG works to distinguish real news from marketing content

Protecting the craft of journalism is one of the United Media Guild's most important tasks. We have fought hard to prevent journalists from being assigned to write advertorial copy, particularly for the GateHouse Newspapers chain. A journalist's job is to...

UMG retirees and alumni gather for their annual luncheon

The United Media Guild hosted about 40 retiree members at its annual Retiree/Alumni Luncheon Nov. 28 at Lombardo's in St. Louis. It was great to see former UMG business representative Mary Casey and former UMG office at the event, along...