Rockford Register Star Bargaining Update

Rockford Register Star Bargaining Update

Proposals and counter proposals went back and forth during our two days of bargaining on March 14 and 15. We presented GateHouse with a comprehensive proposal addressing outstanding issues, including pay, health insurance, maternity leave, time off and mileage reimbursement....

UMG honors Joel Currier with Terry Hughes Award

[caption id="attachment_2184" align="alignright" width="300"] Joel Currier[/caption] The United Media Guild honored St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter Joel Currier with the Terry Hughes Award for outstanding journalism in 2016. Currier received the award, judged by past winners, at UMG's Local meeting and...

Right-to-Work is being debated right now in the Missouri Senate

Here's a link to listen:   http://chamber.senate.mo.gov/SenateChamber    

Wanted: Full time copy editor

                                                              Full-Time Copy Editor Truthout is looking for a full-time copy editor to edit articles and other content in our fast-paced virtual setting....

Not since David slew Goliath . . .

On January 28, Rockford Register Star Copy Editor Paula Buckner was discharged for "rude and disrespectful" comments to coworkers.  Buckner, who worked at the paper for 22 years, had the temerity to comment on how the newly formatted obits looked...

Regarding the SJ-R vote:

Three ballots were distributed at last night's contract ratification vote in Springfield, IL.  Two dealt with how parts of the contract - should it be ratified - would unfold.  The first set of options was to determine how the bargaining...

lifted from the Illinois Times. . .

Friday, Jan. 29, 2016 09:28 pm Shove it SJ-R newsroom rejects contract By Bruce Rushton Newsroom employees at the State Journal-Register tonight rejected a final contract offer from GateHouse Media, the company that owns Springfield’s daily newspaper. The vote was...