Three-quarters of state's unions agree to deferred wage increases

Sac Bee ^ | 9/11/03 | Don Thompson - AP

[NormsRevenge]

Three-quarters of the states 21 bargaining units have agreed to postpone wage increases in a bid to reduce pending layoffs, the Davis administration said.

The agreements will trim $195 million from the state payroll this fiscal year, still far short of the $1.1 billion in layoffs or deferred salary increases called for in the budget.

[NormsRevenge]

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[Conservababe]

Unions are only fifteen percent of the workers. Why do politicians court that percentage of voters?

[Amerigomag]

McClatchy fasinates me.

Under the cover of their byline they shape articles to support Davis but through their offical backdoor (reporter's blogs) they blast Davis. This subject is an example.

This article implies a savings to California. Weintraub's blog, however, demonstartes that it's smoke and mirrors that actually increases spending.

[dirtydanusa]

Too bad for service industries, they can't outsource the jobs to cheaper third world countries like China or India. If they could, there would be lay-offs of the American workers. They only thing they can hope for are some under-the-table Mexican workers.

[ntnychik]

What do you want to bet that the unions try to rescind their roll-back if a Republican is elected.