Open letter to Romenesko
Copy of the text from a letter emailed to Jim Romenesko. Thursday Jan. 12, 2012 Dear Mr. Romenesko, St. Louis Post-Dispatch columnist Bill McClellan wrote a great column on Jan. 8, 2012, about...
View ArticleFalse rumor of layoffs
Dear Post-Dispatch friends, There is a rumor circulating in the building about possible layoffs. The rumor is false, according to Astrid Garcia, VP HR, Labor, Operations at The St Louis Post –...
View ArticleDaughter Faults Lee In Father’s Death
By Roy Malone Davenport, Iowa – It was an emotional scene at the end of the recent annual meeting of Lee Enterprises, the newspaper chain that owns the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. There stood the young...
View ArticleMary Junck gets $500,000 bonus
According to a Lee Enterprises filing with the SEC, CEO Mary Junck has received a $500,000 bonus related to Lee’s successful refinancing. Additionally, Carl Schmidt, vice president, CFO and treasurer,...
View ArticlePost-Dispatch Employees Hold Off on Signing “Handbook Acknowledgement”
Post-Dispatch employees hold off on signing or submitting the “Handbook Acknowledgement” until the Guild has a chance to review the changes to the wording. Our contract does allow the company to...
View ArticleLet them eat cake – a protest against corporate greed
Employees of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch will gather outside their newspaper at noon on Thursday, April 12, to protest the outrageous bonuses awarded Lee Enterprises CEO Mary Junck (who received...
View ArticleSettlement in retiree medical lawsuit – mailing and meetings to follow
The United Media Guild, TNG-CWA, Local 36047, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, LLC and Lee Enterprises, Incorporated, have reached a settlement regarding the Guild’s claim for vested lifetime retiree...
View ArticleThe check is in the mail
Guild retirees should be interested to know that, today, we were informed that Lee is mailing out settlement checks to our 248 retirees who were part of the retiree medical lawsuit. You should also be...
View ArticleFacts about retiree settlement checks
Please note that your settlement check envelope, which should be arriving any minute, looks EXACTLY like your pension check stub envelope. DON’T THROW IT AWAY – there’s a check inside! Also,...
View ArticleClearing the air on who is to blame in the Hostess Bakery worker’s strike
The Public Needs to Know The Truth: A Statement from St. Louis Labor Council President Robert Soutier (SAINT LOUIS) The failure of the mediation process imposed by the bankruptcy judge is no surprise....
View ArticleNominations for 21st Annual Terry Hughes Award
Terry Hughes was 36 when she died of breast cancer on July 22, 1991. A columnist for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, her writing was clear, witty and descriptive, with a flair for portraying society’s...
View ArticleNomination of Delegates
UNITED MEDIA GUILD LOCAL 36047 MEETING NOTICE FOR NOMINATION OF DELEGATES TO THE TNG SECTOR CONFERENCE AND CWA CONVENTION We will accept nominations for up to (4) delegates for TNG Sector Conference...
View ArticlePost-Dispatch business writer Jim Gallagher weighs in on the announced...
Fellow Guild members and Lee employees: The Guild has been getting a lot of questions from members about changes to our Lee 401(k) plan. I write our Sunday personal finance column at the...
View ArticleRumor Control (STL Post Dispatch Unit)
There’s a rumor circulating that Lee plans to cut pension benefits. Retirees are calling the Guild to ask about it. Here’s the truth: Lee can’t cut our pension benefits. That would be illegal. Even...
View ArticleIFJ List of Journalists and Media Staff Killed in 2013
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today issued a list of 123 people killed in 2013 (link below). The IFJ classified 15 of those deaths as accidental and 108 were classified as...
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