The United Media Guild

UMG retirees and alumni gather for their annual luncheon

The United Media Guild hosted about 40 retiree members at its annual Retiree/Alumni Luncheon Nov. 28 at Lombardo's in St. Louis. It was great to see former UMG business representative Mary Casey and former UMG office at the event, along...

Fight For 15 Workers join UMG

The United Media Guild has proudly represented fast food organizers since the early days of the "Fight For 15" movement. Most recently we were the staff union for the (then) Mid-South Organizing Committee staffers in Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee and Louisiana....

Annual Retiree/Alumni Luncheon set for Nov. 28

The United Media Guild will hold its annual retiree/alumni members luncheon at noon, Nov. 28 at Lombardo's Restaurant at 201 S. 20th Street in St. Louis. (The restaurant is located in the lower level of the Drury Inn Union Station.)...

Workers Interfaith Network, a small UMG bargaining unit in Memphis, is working with the (CWA) United Campus Workers and they are KILLING it!

An enormous victory for United Campus Workers   UT Knoxville and UT Chattanooga just released public statements opting out of Governor Haslam’s plan to outsource facilities services. United Campus Workers, our small statewide union, took on a billionaire governor and...

In warning about crossing lines, Robberson does just that.

  Our union has no problem with a newspaper columnist expressing an opinion, for that is the purpose of an editorial section. But Tod Robberson's decision to run a recent column criticizing colleagues for their use of social media brings...

TNG-CWA calls on St. Louis police to stop arresting working journalists

The mayor and acting police commissioner of St. Louis must be held accountable for the arrest of journalists covering public protests in the city, The NewsGuild-CWA declared at a meeting of its Executive Council on Oct. 5. “The mayor and acting...

Arrest of P-D reporter underscores need for “Right to Report” campaign

Each day reporters and photographers find it more difficult to do their job. Journalists must fight harder for access and information. They are under attack from every angle. Vulture capitalists are buying up newspapers and stripping down news-gathering operations to...