Judge says Santa Barbara News-Press violated federal labor laws

The Santa Barbara News-Press will have to rehire eight journalists after a judge ruled that the paper committed flagrant violations of federal labor laws after firing the employees for engaging in union activities, according to the Los Angeles Times.
Evidence presented during a 17-day hearing last summer shows a widespread, general disregard for the fundamental rights of the employees," Administrative Law Judge William G. Kocol wrote in a 75-page decision.
The turmoil began in July 2006 when five top editors resigned to protest what they called publisher Wendy McCaw's censorship of local news.
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