Employees of KEYT-TV, the Central Coast news station, have been demanding livable wages and a new contract.
Despite more than a year of efforts to negotiate with the International Cinematographers Guild (ICG), IATSE Local 600, KEYT-TV’s parent company, News-Press & Gazette (NPG), has been obstructing the bargaining process, according to an ICG Local 600 statement.
Multimedia journalists, editors, anchors, producers, directors, and photojournalists employed by KEYT held a press conference outside Santa Barbara City Hall on January 16, 2026, to discuss working conditions…