Former Staffers Win $70,000 Claim Against Now-Defunct District Weekly
It was heartbreaking when the upstart Long Beach alt-weekly District Weekly folded last March. More for some, apparently, than others. Six former employees successfully brought a claim against the paper for unpaid salary and vacation pay.
OC Weekly has the story:
After an Aug. 26 hearing in Long Beach, the California Labor Commission on Oct. 12 issued six separate judgments that found Seven Days Publishing, LLC, owes the six employees a total of $69,657.14, according to a statement from former District Weekly senior editors Theo Douglas and Dave Wielenga.
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