Thread: Calif. furloughs prompt strike threat from union

Calif. furloughs prompt strike threat from union

The Associated Press
4:46 p.m. July 10, 2009

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Furloughed and fired up, California's largest state employee union announced on Friday it would ask its 95,000 members to authorize a potential strike.

Officials with the Service Employees International Union Local 1000 said the union's executive council has approved putting the question to a vote. The union will ask members whether they want to fight further pay cuts.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said the state's $26 billion deficit has taken a toll on everyone, from state workers to taxpayers. He asked state workers for their patience.

"As soon as our economy comes back ... then we can go and again put them all back to work. Get everyone paid full-time. I think that's the goal here," the governor said between meetings with lawmakers.

Union president Yvonne Walker said it was time to fight Schwarzenegger for imposing three-day-a-month furloughs that amount to a 14 percent pay cut for the state's roughly 235,000 employees.

She said members should not accept his latest proposal for an additional 5 percent pay cut.

"It's time to hit the governor back in his unilateral attempts to make us pawns in his political game," Walker said in a Web video address to members.

The voting will take about two weeks.

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A strike would save even more money than a furlough.

A strike would save even more money than a furlough.

You got that right. Let 'em strike!

Originally Posted by realbsball

A strike would save even more money than a furlough.

You got that right. Let 'em strike!

And unemployment will pay them much less than their reduced paychecks.

But they can get food stamps. That's federal money.

Originally Posted by JohnDoe2

Originally Posted by realbsball

A strike would save even more money than a furlough.

You got that right. Let 'em strike!

And unemployment will pay them much less than their reduced paychecks.

But they can get food stamps. That's federal money.

Too bad for the Feds then. Right now a strike would save Cali a lot of $$$$. I dont think Arnie is worried about the Feds paying for food stamps. The Feds owe plenty of money to Cali for incarcerated illegals anyway.

I think CA. unemployment funds come from the federal government now.

Federal Money For California Unemployment -
A California Republican
California's unemployment fund ran out of money earlier this year and had to borrow from the federal government. Many more people are unemployment right now . . .

acaliforniarepublican.today.com/.../federal-money-for-california-unemployment/