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It’s About Time

Labor board tells 'News-Press' owner to pay $2.2 million after cheating and mistreating employees.

It’s About Time
Demonstration in front of the <i>News-Press</i>, July 2006 Pictured: Starshine Roshell (left), Tom DeWalt, Lara Milton, Melinda Burns, and Dawn Hobbs.

In the unprecedented 12-year battle over workers’ rights at the Santa Barbara News-Press, we can declare a small but crucial victory.

The National Labor Relations Board announced this month that it will seek $2.2 million in “monetary relief” for dozens of newsroom employees who were mistreated by Wendy McCaw, the multimillionaire owner and co-publisher of the Santa Barbara News-Press.

It’s about time.