The United Media Guild

Southern Illinoisan moves to join UMG

The United Media Guild welcomes the journalists of the Southern Illinoisan, who formerly requested representation from the local Friday. The newsroom at the Southern will join another Lee Enterprises newspaper, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, in the UMG. Here is the...

Lee Enterprises-owned Casper Star-Tribune votes in the Guild

Congratulations are in order for the newsroom of the Casper Star-Tribune, an award-winning newspaper in the Lee Enterprises chain. Journalists there voted overwhelmingly Feb. 27 to join the Denver News Guild. The United Media Guild represents employees at the St....

Lee Enterprises loses revenue, cut staff, rewards top executives

As you would expect, Lee Enterprises executive chairman Mary Junck offered optimistic spin on the state of the company Wednesday at its annual shareholders meeting. "We have proven ourselves to be flexible and nimble at rethinking, repositioning and redeveloping all...

Lee Enterprises newspaper in Wyoming votes to unionize

The United Media Guild salutes employees of the Casper Star-Tribune for seeking representation from the NewsGuild. The Star-Tribune has absorbed staff cut after staff cut ordered by its parent company, Lee Enterprises. Journalists realized they needed to gain a strong...

UMG negotiates raises, increased benefits at Jobs with Justice

The United Media Guild achieved many economic gains with its tentative three-year agreement with Missouri Jobs with Justice. "The staff of Jobs with Justice works very hard to advance the rights of workers," unit chair Richard von Glahn said. "Having...

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...