March 15, 2012
Dear Post-Dispatch friends, There is a rumor circulating in the building about possible layoffs. The rumor is false, according to Astrid Garcia, VP HR, Labor, Operations at The St Louis Post - Dispatch. The rumor has generated many questions, calls...
January 13, 2012
Copy of the text from a letter emailed to Jim Romenesko. Thursday Jan. 12, 2012 Dear Mr. Romenesko, St. Louis Post-Dispatch columnist Bill McClellan wrote a great column on Jan. 8, 2012, about Post-Dispatch retiree Robert Douglas, who passed away...
January 9, 2012
The United Media Guild TNG/CWA Local 36047 is holding our annual dinner at Maggie O'Brien's on Friday, Jan. 27, 2012. The dinner is free to all union members and retirees, $10 for guests Please RSVP to 314-241-7046 to reserve your...
Lee announces it will file for bankruptcy
December 2, 2011
Today Lee Enterprises announced plans to file a "pre-packaged" Chapter 11 bankruptcy to restructure part of it's debt. Read the updated story in the Post-Dispatch here. The Guild is working to figure out exactly what it means for the employees...
Nominations for 20th Annual Terry Hughes Award
November 23, 2011
Terry Hughes was 36 when she died of breast cancer on July 22, 1991. A columnist for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, her writing was clear, witty and descriptive, with a flair for portraying society’s underdogs. Some of her columns chronicled...
November 10, 2011
Midwest and Great Lakes Councils Nov. 4-6 Erie, Pa. Not all the news affecting media workers is negative. Reports at the joint meeting of the Midwest District Council and Great Lakes Council had a few rays of sunshine, although...
America’s choice: Democracy or capitalism
September 21, 2011
An article in the Harvard Business Review asks some good questions about America's future and the directions we must choose between. Read down through the comments section too. There are surprisingly interesting and thoughtful comments there. Here is the link...
Lee Enterprises & bankruptcy: What are the odds?
September 21, 2011
By Jim Gallagher, Treasurer United Media Guild Lee Enterprises is struggling to refinance its debt, and that has implications for our jobs at the Post-Dispatch. The Guild will vigorously defend its members’ interest in this matter. Members have been asking...