The United Media Guild

Rockford Register Star Bargaining Update

Proposals and counter proposals went back and forth during our two days of bargaining on March 14 and 15. We presented GateHouse with a comprehensive proposal addressing outstanding issues, including pay, health insurance, maternity leave, time off and mileage reimbursement....

Lee Enterprises will plunder your Medical Retirement Account

Say, remember when we alerted our Post-Dispatch members about money they might have sitting in Medical Retirement Accounts? [caption id="attachment_2213" align="alignright" width="212"] Astrid Garcia[/caption] Never mind. Rather than merely hope that people forgot about those MRAs and never accessed them,...

New Media/GateHouse keeps buying and diminishing newspapers

Early on in his fourth quarter earnings call for investors, New Media Investment Group CEO Michael Reed singled out the Sarasota Herald-Tribune for its award-winning investigative reporting. "We are so proud of the role our publications play within the communities...

By supporting real journalism, you support real democracy

"Real News, Real Journalism" is more than a subscription slogan for the UMG-represented St. Louis Post-Dispatch. It is a civic necessity in these tumultuous times, when many rights we hold sacred -- especially the freedom of the press -- are...

About those Medical Retirement Accounts at the Post-Dispatch

The United Media Guild asked our benefits consultant, Jack Alheim, to explain the Medical Retirement Account that many of our members have gained through their insurance at the Post-Dispatch. Here is his disclaimer, then his report: Following is a summary...

UMG contract with Peoria Journal Star rolls over for another year

The United Media Guild's collective bargaining agreement with the Peoria Journal Star has extended for another year, until March 31, 2018. Article XVIII of the CBA (as extended through March 31, 2017) includes a rollover clause that extends the full...

UMG honors Joel Currier with Terry Hughes Award

[caption id="attachment_2184" align="alignright" width="300"] Joel Currier[/caption] The United Media Guild honored St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter Joel Currier with the Terry Hughes Award for outstanding journalism in 2016. Currier received the award, judged by past winners, at UMG's Local meeting and...