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By-law revisions pass unanimously

Members of the United Media Guild voted unanimously to approve a number of minor revisions to the Local by-laws. The election took place at a UMG Local meeting held in St. Louis in addition to unit meetings held in Springfield,...

Explore your UMG membership benefits

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

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

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

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

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...

United Media Guild celebrates 80th anniversary

The United Media Guild turned 80 this year. It formed as the St. Louis Newspaper Guild in January, 1934, joining a national movement to unionize newsroom and commercial operations employees. It began with 50 members from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch...