June 27, 2014
On Tuesday, the Rockford Register Star’s executive editor, Mark Baldwin, sent an email to newsroom employees regarding the status quo provision under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) and a situation that recently occurred at our bargaining table. Baldwin...
March 24, 2014
The United Media Guild is now taking orders for shirts sporting our new logo. We have tee shirts for $15 and polo shirts for $35. Both styles of shirt are offered in union-thug black, are available in men's...
UMG endorses early voting ballot initiative
March 14, 2014
At its March executive committee meeting, the United Media Guild unanimously endorsed a ballot initiative that would amend the Missouri constitution to allow for six full weeks of early voting in regular elections. Signatures are currently being gathered around...
United Media Guild unveils new logo
January 31, 2014
The United Media Guild decided to start off the new year with a new logo. Following our merger with Peoria, we stopped using the name, "St. Louis Newspaper Guild," replacing it with the broader, more inclusive "United Media Guild." And...
Time is running out for Terry Hughes Award nominations!
January 20, 2014
The deadline is just one week away! That means there's still time to nominate someone (or self-nominate, if you prefer) for this prestigious award. Don't delay - send in your nomination NOW! Any journalist in the metropolitan St. Louis...
Nominations for 22nd Annual Terry Hughes Award
December 19, 2013
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...
Peoria Journal-Star Unit ratifies three-year contract extension
October 16, 2013
Last year, following a campaign that saw thousands of postcards sent to the Peoria Journal-Star publisher demanding fair treatment for employees, a press conference on the steps of city hall with the mayor reading a proclamation that called on the...
January 29, 2013
About 150 members and guests crammed into Maggie O'Brien's back room Friday evening to celebrate another passing year and to honor St. Louis-area journalists - union and non-union alike - whose work was judged to be exemplary. Also on the...