Thread: CA. SEIU president: Schwarzenegger proposed pay cut 'illegal

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June 1, 2009

SEIU president: Schwarzenegger proposed pay cut 'illegal'


SEIU (State Employees International Union) Local 1000 president Yvonne Walker has sent an e-mail to members that says, in part, "Our attorneys say it is illegal for the governor or the Legislature to unilaterally cut wages and we will file legal papers to block this action that the governor says he will propose to the Legislature."

The statement also asserts that the state can save big money from cancelling personal services contracts, although it doesn't say how many more state workers would need to be employed to cover the work now handled through those contracts.

http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/th ... egger.html

Wonder who will win this one? Obama doesnt care about contracts does he?

Tbhis union gave him millions to win this election. He has already said Arnold can't cut their wages. He will, i think, support the union.

Originally Posted by Justonehero

Wonder who will win this one? Obama doesnt care about contracts does he?

This has nothing to do with Obama.
It is a CA. state problem.
The Union leaders have to do this to look like they are taking care of their members.
It will probably be decided by a CA. state judge.

Good, this is a good reason to lay off more of the leaches.

Yeah Yvonne you think it's illegal huh? How about the taxpayer's have spoken and "you're fired."

Originally Posted by wilma1

Yeah Yvonne you think it's illegal huh? How about the taxpayer's have spoken and "you're fired."

"You're fired" won't work because:
She doesn't work for the state.
She is an employee of the Union.
Member's Union dues pay her salary, not taxpayer money.

That is true but the employees salaries she is talking about are paid by the state,i.e., California taxpayers.

Union leader quits as credit card use probed

By Matthew T. Hall, Union-Tribune Staff Writer
2:00 a.m. May 30, 2009

SAN DIEGO — Judie Italiano, longtime leader of San Diego's largest city employee union, resigned last week amid an internal investigation into potential misuse of a Municipal Employees Association credit card.

Since leaving, Italiano has paid the MEA $13,903 to cover her indebtedness plus interest and advances on unaccrued annual leave.

The matter has been referred to the District Attorney's Office to see if any crime was committed in violating MEA protocol by using a union credit card for personal reasons.

Italiano's resignation was made public yesterday in a letter sent by five union officials to some 4,700 members and dues-payers, detailing a probe into credit card issues that have dogged Italiano for three years.

Italiano, the MEA's general manager, worked with the union for 24 years. She played a role in the city's pension scandals when the Internal Revenue Service deemed a benefit she was receiving improper. Retirement officials eliminated the $70,000 annual perk in late 2007.

In 2006, Italiano's union credit card use led the MEA to enact new policies to prevent the cards from being used for personal purposes. The issue became the subject of heated internal politicking and an investigation by former City Attorney Michael Aguirre, and just this month a lawsuit by two MEA members.

Union President Tony Ruiz III said Italiano's more recent credit card use came to light in recent months as the MEA began its budgeting for the fiscal year that begins July 1. He said controls are in place to avoid recurrences.

Italiano was placed on leave May 12, resigned May 22 and sent a check to the MEA on Wednesday. The results of the internal investigation into Italiano's credit card use were shown to the MEA board in a special meeting yesterday.

Ruiz said Italiano was paying down her debt as she used the union card without telling anyone.

“Judie has been here at MEA for so long that she controlled a lot of the flow of the information, and the officers and the board were not made aware of any of this activity at all,â€

What would happen if there was a groundswell to get rid of union state workers and replace them with the "cheaper" illegal aliens?

LOL - the unions would go nuts. The unions will suddenly see illegals as threats and fight FOR closing the border.

Remember what happened when AFL-CIO found out about that Mexican trucker business? They fought the whole illegal alien thing too.

We can kill 2 birds with 1 stone - by publicly advocating to get an illegal to replace unproductive, fat, uneducated, parasitic union members with bad attitudes.