Two reporters were fired by our local newspaper. I don’t know all the facts, so I won’t comment on who was right, but the feds essentially told the newspaper tough nuggies, go and reinstate the reporters and pay them for six years of back pay, which might amount to $200,000. All I can say is ouch.
According to the article:
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit denied the Hawaii Tribune-Herald’s appeal of a NLRB decision that reporters Dave Smith and Hunter Bishop were illegally fired. Bishop was fired after a confrontation with Editor David Bock over a union matter where Bishop was accused of insubordination. Smith was fired for secretly recording a meeting with Bock where the editor gave him a warning about productivity.
As I said, I definitely don’t know all the details, so I can’t say who’s right or wrong. I just thought that this was an interesting story that I don’t recall seeing in our HTH.