Lee Enterprises Newspaper Rejects St. Louis Guild
BLOOMINGTON, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
The election, conducted Wednesday by the National Labor Relations Board,
involved 42 employees from creative services, prepress, technical
services, maintenance, packaging and distribution. News, sales and
circulation employees had earlier rebuffed organization attempts by the
"This overwhelming rejection of these outsiders, especially during
challenging economic times, expresses a powerful vote of confidence in
our family at The Pantagraph," said
Vytenis Kuraitis, Lee vice president for human resources, said Lee employees have historically rejected unions. "Over the last several decades, as a result of good working environments, our employees eliminated all unions in 18 locations. The only unions that exist in Lee today were inherited in our more recent acquisitions. The reason is that, throughout Lee, we strive to provide consistently strong, fair leadership so our employees feel no need for union representation."
He said the Guild and several other unions currently represent 8.5
percent of Lee's 9,000 employees, primarily in
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