Santa Barbara Paper Broke Labor Laws

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The Santa Barbara News-Press and its owner violated federal labor laws in firing eight reporters for union activities, and the workers are entitled to return to their jobs with back pay, a judge has ruled, the Associated Press reports.


The newspaper demonstrated “widespread, general disregard for the fundamental rights of the employees” and ordered the reporters reinstated with back pay, administrative law Judge William G. Kocol ruled last week.


The National Labor Relations Board had alleged in a 15-count unfair labor practices complaint that the paper fired the eight workers, who had no history of disciplinary action, only after they began to fight for union representation.


Attorneys for the newspaper and owner Wendy McCaw said they were “extremely disappointed” with the ruling, the Los Angeles Times reported Tuesday. The paper “will exhaust all possible appeals and fully expects to achieve justice through that appellate process. The matter as a whole is in its infancy,” they said.



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