lifted from the Illinois Times. . .
January 30, 2016
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...
Retirees honored at UMG luncheon
November 2, 2015
Retirees and other alumni from the United Media Guild's St. Louis gathered Oct. 27 for a luncheon at Lombardo's restaurant in downtown St. Louis. This was our chance to honor the great members who came before us and helped build...
Executive Committee Nominations
October 3, 2015
Wednesday, October 21, 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 positions. The positions are three-year terms and will run from...
UMG active in multiple cities at the same time (it’s a Labor Day miracle!)
September 3, 2015
Labor Day is almost here and union members are busy making plans to turn out and march in a parade or perhaps attend some sort of festive activity. Members of the United Media Guild are no exception; come Monday, UMG...
September 3, 2015
Selections from Chicago Poems by Carl Sandburg about child labor. They Will Say Of my city the worst that men will ever say is this: You took little children away from the sun and the dew, And the glimmers...
A message from Liz Shuler, Secretary-Treasurer of the AFL-CIO:
September 3, 2015
We're asking people to support the U.S. Department of Labor’s new overtime rules because they will give working people—particularly women, youth and people of color—more time and money to care for their families. There's one more week before the comment...
Post-Dispatch contract ratification vote
August 14, 2015
Post-Dispatch Contract Ratification Meeting Tuesday, August 18, 2015 Post-Dispatch Building, Conference Room 206 The meeting will start at noon and your Guild staff, Local president and PD unit chair will be on hand to discuss what occurred during the bargaining...
TNG honors Shannon Duffy with movement builder award
June 8, 2015
United Media Guild business representative Shannon Duffy has remained on the forefront of movement building during his long career in organized labor. His tenure at UMG has featured closer interaction with activists at Missouri Jobs with Justice, Mid-South Organizing Committee...