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''For activities prior to and surrounding this topic, see Santa Barbara News-Press controversy.'' Organized labor relations at the ''Santa Barbara News-Press'' were highlighted by a 33–6 vote of editorial department employees at the Santa Barbara, California, newspaper on September 27, 2006, to join the Graphic Communications Conference (GCC) of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=News-Press Workers Vote for Union, ''Los Angeles Times,'' September 28, 2006, page B5. ''(A library card may be required to access this link.)'' )〕 In August, 2007, the labor board certified the union as the exclusive bargaining representative of the news department employees. The tactics of the newsroom staff included a pledge drive encouraging subscribers to cancel the paper if demands were not met by September 5, 2006, as detailed on their website.〔(savethenewspress.com )〕 A branch of the Teamsters has filed many unfair labor practice charges on behalf of the remaining staffers, which have been contested by the ''News-Press'' management. On August 31, 2006 eleven of the remaining ''News-Press'' newsroom staff received two-day suspension notices from management for allegedly participating in improper union organizing activity; some have claimed, and two NLRB Administrative Law Judges have found, that the activity was protected by labor law, innocuous and consisted only of attempting to deliver a letter to McCaw during a break. The suspended staff were: Al Bonowitz, Melissa Evans, Kim Favors, Dawn Hobbs, Karna Hughes, George Hutti, Rob Kuznia, Barney McManigal, Lara Milton, and Tom Schultz; Mike Traphagen chose to resign earlier than announced rather than accept the suspension. 〔(Editor and Publisher, September 6, 2006 )〕〔(Ventura County Star, December 29, 2006 )〕 The Sep. 5 deadline set by the employees passed, and the staff through their Teamsters representative Marty Keegan called for subscribers to cancel their subscriptions to the paper.〔(''San Jose Mercury News,'' Sep. 5, 2006 )〕〔(San Francisco ''Chronicle,'' Sep. 6, 2006 )〕 McCaw refused offers from local political leaders, religious leaders, and prominent journalists such as Sander Vanocur and Lou Cannon to help resolve the conflict.〔(''Pacific Coast Business Times'', Oct. 6, 2006 )〕 A vote by newsroom staff on unionizing under the Teamsters took place on September 27, 2006.〔(Editor and Publisher, Sep. 12, 2006 )〕 The vote was 33 to 6 in favor of the union.〔(Editor and Publisher, Sep. 27, 2006 ) (Daily Nexus, Sep. 28, 2006 ) (''Santa Maria Times'', Sep. 28, 2006 ) (''Santa Barbara Independent'', Sep. 27, 2006 )〕 The ''News-Press'' first questioned the validity of the election, and then formally contested the validity of the election.〔(''Santa Barbara News-Press'' news release, October 3, 2006 ) (''Santa Maria Times'', Oct. 4, 2006 )〕 On October 30, 2006, the Teamsters filed an unfair-labor-practice charge over the Oct. 27 firing of veteran reporter and labor leader Melinda Burns.〔(''Santa Maria Times'', Oct. 30, 2006 ) , (''Pacific Coast Business Times'', Nov. 3, 2006 )〕 On November 13, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) decided to file a complaint charging the ''News-Press'' management with violations of the National Labor Relations Act. The causes for the complaint include the cancellation of Starshine Roshell's column and the two-day suspensions for improper labor organizing activity.〔(Editor and Publisher, Nov. 14, 2006 )〕 On December 7, 2006, the NLRB denied ''News-Press'' appeals concerning the newsroom staff behavior and vote to unionize.〔(''Santa Barbara Independent'', Dec. 11, 2006 ) , (Teamsters Press Release )〕 On December 11, 2006, the NLRB dismissed one charge brought by the Teamsters against the ''News-Press,'' and the Teamsters themselves withdrew three charges.〔(''Santa Maria Times'', Dec. 12, 2006 ) , (''Santa Barbara News-Press'' Press Release, Dec. 11, 2006 ) , (George Blog, Dec. 12, 2006 )〕 On December 28, 2006, the NLRB filed a complaint concerning alleged ''News-Press'' retribution against employees who supported unionization.〔(''Santa Maria Times'', Dec. 29, 2006 ) , (''Santa Barbara Independent'', Dec. 29, 2006 )〕 ==NLRB hearings== The NLRB hearing to address the complaint by the ''News-Press'' concerning the September 27, 2006 election took place in Santa Barbara on Jan. 9–10, 2007. Four specific points were raised by the ''News-Press'': 1) that supervisors were involved in the election; 2) the (Save the ''News-Press'' Website ) confused voters into believing the ''News-Press'' itself supported unionization; 3) an anonymous threat on (blogabarbara ) intimidated voters into supporting unionization and 4) newsroom staff engaged in threatening behavior. Many of the principals in the ''News-Press'' controversy testified during the two-day hearing.〔(''Santa Barbara Independent'', Jan. 9, 2007 ) , (''Santa Barbara Independent'', Jan. 9, 2007 ) , (''Santa Barbara Independent'', Jan. 10, 2007 ), (''Santa Maria Times'', Jan. 11, 2007 )〕 On March 12, 2007, the NLRB judge issued his decision in favor of the unionization vote on September 27.〔(''Santa Barbara Independent'', Mar. 15, 2007 ) , (''Santa Maria Times'', Mar. 13, 2007 )〕 In that ruling, eventually upheld by the NLRB in Washington, DC, the ALJ found the key witnesses for the News-Press, Travis Armstrong and Scott Steepleton, to be not credible witnesses, who "prevaricated", "embellished" and "exaggerated" their testimony in an unsuccessful effort to obtain their desired result of thwarting the employees' desire to have union representation. A second NLRB hearing, focused on the propriety of the ''News-Press'' firing of reporter Melinda Burns and other issues, originally scheduled for Mar. 12, 2007 was delayed. On March 13, 2007, the NLRB announced that the ''News-Press'' would be prosecuted over the firing of Burns, various other issues, and the firing of seven other reporters and one editor. An NLRB attorney wrote that the General Counsel believed the ''News-Press'' had violated labor law in its firings of reporters. A ''News-Press'' attorney responded that “We’re watching the end of the industry. Journalists think they can write what they want when they want. I don’t know if that can survive in this age.” Attorneys for the ''News-Press'' filed their "exceptions," a form of appeal, to the NLRB judge's rulings in early April, 2007.〔(''Santa Barbara Independent,'' Apr. 6, 2007 )〕 The Teamsters filed their response in mid-April, 2007.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Santa Barbara Independent, Apr. 27, 2007 )〕 On August 11, 2011, the NLRB, in a 3–0 decision including two Democratic NLRB members and one Republican, voted to uphold Judge Kocol's decision in its entirety, and ordered the News-Press to reinstate all eight unlawfully fired reporters and pay them backpay, and have a Notice read aloud to the employees in the presence of management, which is, for the NLRB, an extraordinary remedy.〔 NLRB Decision, August 11, 2011 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Labor relations at the Santa Barbara News-Press」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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