Posted on 07/28/2010 6:10:44 PM PDT by The Magical Mischief Tour
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Wednesday brought back furloughs for thousands of state workers until California passes a budget that addresses a $19 billion deficit. Schwarzenegger released a new executive order requiring state workers to take three unpaid days off per month starting in August. State workers were furloughed a total of 46 days when Schwarzenegger issued a similar order in February 2009, which translated to a pay cut of about 14 percent. Those furloughs just ended in June.
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It also exempts about 37,000 workers in six unions that recently reached tentative labor agreements with the administration.
Those unions agreed for their members to contribute more of their salaries toward their pension benefits and to take one day of unpaid personal leave a month, the equivalent of a nearly 5 percent pay cut. The state has about 237,000 workers.
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What wonderful people the union folks are.
3 unpaid days off per MONTH?!!!! OMG!! pooooooor babeeeeee’s... /sarcasm. I guess they’ll just have to work OT to compensate, and don’t think that won’t happen... FIRE ALL OF THEM.. “California.. Where only ILLEGAL ALIENS have jobs.”
And they put the furlough days in front of or behind their regular vacation days so they get 4 or 5 day weekends plus their regular weeks off.
How about a 20% pay cut like my husband had to take? Plus he had all of his earned paid vacation and holiday days taken away too.
Cry me a river you stinking, union government “workers”
I would like to find out what these “public servants” are being paid. Maybe it would spark the outrage it has sparked in Bell, California.
Seems like he’s getting some of hia Govenator back...
“Look for the Union label........”
THEN, spit on it.....
You watch the unions will now demand having the same time off that the non union members have.... (paid of course)
I was just laid off for 3 months. 3 days? Please.
And our lazy, stupid union workers avoid all consequences of the budget mess that they helped create.
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