Lee Files Chapter 11

Lee Files Chapter 11

  Lee Enterprises formally submitted the necessary paperwork in Wilmington, Deleware bankruptcy court this morning to refinance its roughly one billion dollar debt.   Lee's action came after the media corporation announced last week that it would enter into Chapter...

Lee announces it will file for bankruptcy

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...

Lee Enterprises & bankruptcy: What are the odds?

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...

P-D Newsroom layoffs – update

In an earlier post - one that addressed whether or not the paper would allow members to volunteer AFTER layoffs had been announced - I noted that, in the past, we have had (advertising) individuals step up late in the...

Layoff Q & A

Several stewards and Executive Committee members have gotten questions from coworkers about the upcoming reduction in force at the Post-Dispatch and we will do our best to answer them. On those which the Guild couldn't answer (because it involved management),...

If layoffs do occur, how will they actually unfold?

There's been some questions regarding the process and order of the company's scheduled reduction in force. Let me state up front that I can't speak for the company but, based on past experience, this is how it will probably go...

United Media Guild adds Twitter account

The United Media Guild has recently created a Twitter account, @UMediaGuild.  We're in the process of trying to follow as many of our members as we can but if we haven't followed you yet please follow us.