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Reporters decide to speed up their firing
Posted on February 7, 2007 4:23 PM
It's Fred Quiz time!
If you know your boss is mad at you already, you should:
1) Do your best to not give him any more reason to hate you.
2) Open a dialogue with her to clear the air.
3) Go out and provoke the boss in a wildly public way by damaging the company's reputation.
Did you pick answer number 3? Congratulations! You're ready for journalism school...
Six journalists have been fired from the Santa Barbara News-Press for placing a sign over a freeway overpass urging people to cancel their subscriptions, an attorney for the newspaper said.The "Sign Posting Six" expressed remorse and apologized for their actions. Kidding! It's the latest in a series of labor versus management issues at the paper, and a complaint has been filed with the NLRB.
Three reporters were dismissed late Monday followed by another three on Tuesday, attorney Barry Cappello said. They helped hang a banner last Friday during morning rush hour that read "Cancel Your Newspaper Today" and "Protect Free Speech," Cappello said.
"They are trying to injure and disparage the company," Cappello said. "People who want to engage in conduct that harms the newspaper ... will not remain."
Fired, Santa Barbara News-Press