Guild saves jobs with new Canton-GateHouse contract
September 25, 2012
From the NewsGuild.org comes news of how a strong Guild local can earn a fair contract with GateHouse: A year of bargaining highlighted by an active Guild mobilization campaign and off-the-record talks has culminated in a new contract for members...
Support our colleagues at the SJ-R
September 4, 2012
We encourage our members to rally behind colleagues at the Springfield State Journal-Register as they seek to join the United Media Guild. Those journalists have faced layoffs, pay freezes and increased workloads as the financially troubled GateHouse chain reorganized its...
UMG files for Springfield, IL newsroom
August 27, 2012
This past week I went to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in Peoria, IL and filed a 'petition to represent' newsroom employees at the State Journal Register. Approximately 35 non-managerial employees work there and a September 4 hearing...