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A BOLD fashion statement!

    The United Media Guild is now taking orders for shirts sporting our new logo. We have tee shirts for $15 and polo shirts for $35. Both styles of shirt are offered in union-thug black, are available in men's...

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UMG schedules Local meeting

The United Media Guild will hold a Local meeting at 6 p,m. April 24 at The Dubliner. This will be a happy hour social event for all of active members at all of our units. The UMG will cover the cost...

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UMG endorses early voting ballot initiative

  At its March executive committee meeting, the United Media Guild unanimously endorsed a ballot initiative that would amend the Missouri constitution to allow for six full weeks of early voting in regular elections.  Signatures are currently being gathered around...

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STL Organizing Committee forms unit, elects first chair

The St. Louis Organizing Committee has become a unit within the the United Media Guild.  During its first meeting Wedneday morning, members elected organizer  Celena Stien-della Croce as their unit chair and steward. STLOC employees originally came into the UMG...

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United Media Guild unveils new logo

The United Media Guild decided to start off the new year with a new logo. Following our merger with Peoria, we stopped using the name, "St. Louis Newspaper Guild," replacing it with the broader, more inclusive "United Media Guild." And...

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Time is running out for Terry Hughes Award nominations!

  The deadline is just one week away!  That means there's still time to nominate someone (or self-nominate, if you prefer) for this prestigious award.  Don't delay - send in your nomination NOW! Any journalist in the metropolitan St. Louis...

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IFJ List of Journalists and Media Staff Killed in 2013

  The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today issued a list of 123 people killed in 2013 (link below).  The IFJ classified 15 of those deaths as accidental and 108 were classified as targeted killings.  In releasing the list, the...

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Rockford/Freeport election set for Friday

Journalists at the Rockford Register Star and Freeport Journal-Standard will decide whether to join the United Media Guild. The National Labor Relations Board will supervise the election, which will be held from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. in the second...

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