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A Forum for Lee Employees—Sponsored by the St. Louis Newspaper Guild, AFL-CIO, CLC |
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LEEWATCH.org The Guild’s Eye on Lee Enterprises |
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A few questions to get the conversations going:
How would you gauge your paper’s commitment to quality journalism?
How are things in advertising?
Is your department adequately staffed? Does your paper have a heavy online footprint?
Is circulation holding steady?
(Clicking on a question will link to blog topic.)
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Some Lee employees are already Newspaper Guild members—with rights on the job, wages and benefit levels secured in a union contract. Other employees are currently forming organizing committees and getting involved in building a union at certain Lee papers. Whether you are involved in an organizing campaign, a current Guild member or if you are from a paper not yet involved in one of the campaigns, we hope the information on this site will be helpful to you and your coworkers. All employees of Lee are encouraged to visit often to check for updates and post comments or questions on the leewatch blog. |
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Contact Us: St. Louis Newspaper Guild 1015 Locust St., Ste 1040 St. Louis, MO 63101 (314) 241-7046 phone (314) 241-7459 fax cathy@stlouisguild.org |
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TOP PRIORITIES/2007 Why Organize at the Pantagraph?
Our Organizing Committee is Committed to: ♦ Insisting on FAIRNESS in wages, benefits and working conditions ♦ Advocating for EXCELLENCE in journalism and business practices ♦ Fostering UNITY and understanding with the company and among departments
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Lee employees at the Pantagraph in Bloomington, IL developed this parody prayer card for use in their organizing campaign. The issues of Fairness, Excellence and Unity are central to the campaign.
For updates on this campaign, visit the organizing committee’s blog: |
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Working at Lee—the (in)famous “Prayer Card” |
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TOP PRIORITIES /2008
♦ Grow revenue creatively and rapidly ♦ Grow revenue creatively and rapidly ♦ Grow revenue creatively and rapidly ♦ Grow revenue creatively and rapidly ♦ Grow revenue creatively and rapidly
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An anonymous activist in St. Louis thought a more accurate card would list Lee’s real “Top Priority”
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