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  • Calif. largest state employee union allows strike

    08/01/2009 3:20:34 PM PDT · by SmithL · 28 replies · 1,110+ views
    AP via SFGate ^ | 8/1/9 | DON THOMPSON, Associated Press Writer
    California's largest state employee union has voted to allow job actions including a strike, officials said Saturday. A spokesman for Service Employees International Union Local 1000 said no strike is imminent. Union leaders will meet in the coming week to decide what steps to take, spokesman Jim Zamora said The union announced that 74 percent of its membership approved the strike authorization in votes counted Saturday. President Yvonne Walker said the overwhelming support shows employees are outraged at Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's decision to unilaterally furlough state workers three days each month. The three furlough days effectively reduce pay by about...