The United Media Guild

The News Guild honors Dean Olsen with national award

[caption id="attachment_2295" align="alignright" width="377"] Dean Olsen at the State Journal-Register.[/caption] The News Guild honored Dean Olsen with the Larry Cohen Movement Building Award at its national Sector Conference Aug. 4 in Pittsburgh. Olsen, a decorated news reporter, led our organizing...

UMG ratifies new contract at Pekin Daily Times

United Media Guild members at the Pekin Daily Times unanimously approved a new two-year collective bargaining agreement with GateHouse Media. In face of plummeting circulation at the newspaper and ongoing employee turnover, our members favored expedited bargaining that focused on...

UMG award Press Club scholarship to UMSL student

As part of its ongoing efforts to promote the craft of journalism, the United Media Guild awards a $1,000 scholarship each year through the St. Louis Press Club. [caption id="attachment_2277" align="alignright" width="408"] Joe Kenny, Jeff Gordon,, Candice Murdock and William...

Nominations sought for TNG sector conference delegates

The United Media Guild can send up to four delegates to the The NewsGuild's sector conference in Pittsburgh Aug. 4 and Aug. 5.  Of those delegates, one will be eligible to attend the CWA Convention immediately following the Guild's Sector...

New Media shareholders share UMG’s concerns about GateHouse management

[caption id="attachment_2108" align="alignright" width="300"] Wes Edens[/caption] GateHouse Media's buying and slashing spree has led to the wholesale deterioration of once-great newspaper properties. The United Media Guild sees this damage daily while representing members at the Peoria Journal Star, State Journal-Register of...

Wall Street sours on New Media Investment Group as its asset-stripping accelerates

So why did New Media Investment Group trade for $12.61 per Monday, down from nearly $20 per share last July? Investors are starting to share the dim long-term assessment the United Media Guild offered back in 2014, after the this...

GateHouse, Digital First Media workers unite to fight for quality journalism

[caption id="attachment_2237" align="alignright" width="300"] Springfield journalists stand up for their craft.[/caption] WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 28, 2017) - A broad coalition of 1,500 unionized news workers will conduct a joint day of action on May 3 - World Press Freedom Day...