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Stop the presses, reporter fired for union organizing
Posted on November 2, 2006 6:20 PM
It used to be the Teamsters who would drop the hammer on someone for trying to get in their way. But that was a long time ago, and laws like RICO have done a lot to reduce the number of people being fitted for cement New Balances and taken for boat rides and impromptu deep sea diving classes.
So the Teamsters are leaving things to a group of people even more dangerous than the button men who made their bones by irreparably breaking the bones of others. That's right, they're calling in the attorneys to help out a fired reporter, who had her walking papers printed up by the Santa Barbara News-Press...
However, executives at the News-Press displayed their anti-union colors by unlawfully terminating a long-time journalist last week in retaliation for her role in union organizing. The journalist, Melinda Burns, was a 21-year employee with the newspaper. Since the employees voted overwhelmingly to join the Teamsters' Graphic Communications Conference (GCC) in September, the paper's executives have sought to overturn the election. Since July, more than two dozen editors and reporters have quit or been fired.News-Press owner Wendy McCaw may want to have someone fetch her some takeout from local eateries instead of dropping by herself. No matter how good the food is someplace.
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