FORMER DISTRICT WEEKLY EMPLOYEES WIN $70,000 JUDGEMENT AGAINST SWAIMS’ PUBLISHING COMPANY
By Greater Long Beach
Six former employees of Long Beach’s former alternative newspaper, The District Weekly, have won their case before the California Labor Commission—and some $70,000 in unpaid wages, vacation interest and penalties—against the publication’s parent company, Seven Days Publishing, LLC, which was founded by Will Swaim and was ultimately [begin edit] put out of business [end edit] by his wife, Heather Swaim.
The former District Weekly employees include general manager Ofelia Rua, editor-in-chief Ellen Griley, senior editors Dave Wielenga—now publisher of Greater Long Beach—Theo Douglas, food editor Miles Clements, and reporter and production assistant Jennifer Stockdale.
Additionally, freelance reporter and copy editor Greggory Moore—now a drama critic for Greater Long Beach–has a scheduled day in small claims court against Seven Days Publishing and Heather Swaim on Dec. 9.
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Isn’t Greggory Moore with LBPost.com?
What was the banruptcy case filing number?
How did “she” create the bankruptcy?
Hi Typo,
I would refer you to the home page of Greater Long Beach, where the featured review of Cal Rep’s current production is written by Greggory Moore. Then you can go to the search engine and input Greggory Moore’s name, which will get you a long and wide variety of theatre reviews written for Greater Long Beach by Greggory Moore. But, yes, Greggory Moore also writes for the LB Post.
Hello Mr. George P. Burdell,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_P._Burdell
Many of us wouldn’t be here without your pioneering spirt, Mr. Burdell.
I thank you.
Ditto!
Thanks for the clarification, Dave.
That photo really calls for a caption contest.
Congratulations to all!
Photo looks like an event related to the debut issue of the DW in 07.
$70gs between 6 ex-DWers? About 12gs per DWer. For what period of time was the pay owed? Based on about a 40-50 g per yr salary – or is that a bad guess?
I heard that they appealed and won
Samantha:
I heard that, too! Good for them!
–Sara Michelle