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Explore your UMG membership benefits
April 28, 2014
As a member of the United Media Guild, you are member of The Newspaper Guild sector of the Communications Workers of America. As such you are eligible to benefit from Union Plus discounts on a variety of good as services....
UMG honors top activists with annual awards
April 25, 2014
The United Media Guild named Springfield unit chair Dean Olsen its Guilder of the Year at its Local meeting Thursday evening. Olsen led the organizing effort at the State Journal-Register that led to an overwhelming 26-4 vote to union. Then...
Post-Dispatch carpenter protests Mary Junck’s bonus
April 25, 2014
Lee Enterprises CEO Mary Junck earned a $700,000 bonus even though her company is still recovering from its pre-packaged bankruptcy. A big chunk of the company's workforce exited in layoffs in recent years. Many surviving employees suffered pay cuts, unpaid...
State of the United Media Guild in 2014
April 23, 2014
This is shaping up has another busy year of the United Media Guild. The former St. Louis Newspaper Guild has become a regional operation. Our units range from Memphis to the south, Rockford, Ill., to the north. Through our Truthout...
Agenda for April 24 Local meeting
April 21, 2014
The United Media Guild is holding a Local meeting April 24 at the Dubliner at 1025 Washington Ave. Doors to the event open at 5:30 p.m. and the meeting will start at roughly 6 p.m. The meeting is open to...