Tag: United Media Guild
IN MEMORIAM: United Media Guild’s Steve Erdelen
Steven “Steve” F. Erdelen, a member of the United Media Guild and founder of the Pro-Union St. Louis! Facebook page, passed away Sept. 13,...
ACLU of Missouri, United Media Guild ratify first collective bargaining agreement
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Missouri and the United Media Guild have agreed to a new five-year contract, which includes an immediate...
IN MEMORIAM: Media Guild mourns the death of former Executive Secretary...
The United Media Guild, the union representing reporters at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, St. Louis Review, Labor Tribune and KSDK-TV, is mourning the death...
As newspaper revenues plunge amid pandemic Lee Enterprises, Gannett request furloughs
Lee Enterprises and Gannett are asking United Media Guild (UMG) members to agree to furloughs during the next three months with the companies suffering...
Eight Guild members facing layoff as Post-Dispatch outsources its union copy...
In a move the United Media Guild had long feared, Lee Enterprises announced it is moving the design and copy-editing work at the St....
Retired Labor Tribune reporter Kevin Madden United Media Guild’s Activist of...
St. Louis – Retired Labor Tribune reporter Kevin Madden received the United Media Guild’s Activist of the Year Award at the recent annual Guild...
Southern Illinoisan staff votes to join the United Media Guild
Unannounced staff cuts prompted organizing drive
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
Carbondale, IL – Newsroom staff members at the Southern Illinoisan newspaper have voted unanimously to...
More journalists organizing to protect their jobs, quality journalism, including staff...
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
Chicago, IL – Staff at the Southern Illinoisan, who voted in recent weeks to join the United Media Guild, join a...
Staff at The Southern Illinoisan votes to join the United Media...
Mass layoff prompted move to unionize
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
Carbondale, IL – The staff at The Southern Illinoisan, the regional paper in Carbondale, voted 12-0...
Fast food worker organizers join the United Media Guild
By TIM ROWDEN
Editor
Organizers with the national fast food workers’ movement have joined the United Media Guild (UMG) through a card check involving movement organizers...