Posted on 07/10/2009 5:12:30 PM PDT by KingofZion
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 ***
The voting will take about two weeks.
(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...
Fire em all. Then ban public employee unions (thats what civil service laws were supposed to do anyway). The parasites are killing the host.
Directive 10-289
In the name of the general welfare, to protect the people’s security, to achieve full equality and total stability, it is decreed for the duration of the national emergency that:
Point One. All workers, wage earners and employees of any kind whatsoever shall henceforth be attached to their jobs and shall not leave nor be dismissed nor change employment, under penalty of a term in jail. The penalty shall be determined by the Unification Board, such Board to be appointed by the Bureau of Economic Planning and National Resources. All persons reaching the age of twenty-one shall report to the Unification Board, which shall assign them to where, in its opinion, their services will best serve the interests of the nation.
Point Two. All industrial, commercial, manufacturing and business establishments of any nature whatsoever shall henceforth remain in operation, and the owners of such establishments shall not quit nor leave nor retire, nor close, sell or transfer their business, under pentalty of the nationalization of their establishment and of any and all of their property.
Point Three. All patents and copyrights, pertaining to any devices, inventions, formulas, processes and works of any nature whatsoever, shall be turned over to the nation as a patriotic emergency gift by means of Gift Certificates to be signed voluntarily by the owners of all such patents and copyrights. The Unification Board shall then license the use of such patents and copyrights to all applicants, equally and without discrimination, for the purpose of eliminating monopolistic practices, discarding obsolete products and making the best available to the whole nation. No trademarks, brand names or copyrighted titles shall be used. Every formerly patented product shall be known by a new name and sold by all manufacturers under the same name, such name to be selected by the Unification Board. All private trademarks and brand names are hereby abolished.
Point Four. No new devices, inventions, products, or goods of any nature whatsoever, not now on the market, shall be produced, invented, manufacturerd or sold afer the date of this directive. The Office of Patents and Copyrights is hereby suspended.
Point Five. Every establishment, concern, corporation or person engaged in production of any nature whatsoever shall henceforth produce the same amount of goods per year as it, they or he produced during the Basic Year, no more and no less. The year to be known as the Basic or Yardstick Year is to be the year ending on the date of this directive. Over or under production shall be fined, such fines to be determined by the Unification Barod.
Point Six. Every person of any age, sex, class or income, shall henceforth spend the same amount of money on the purchase of goods per year as he or she spent during the Basic Year, no more and no less. Over or under purchasing shall be fined, such fines to be determined by the Unification Board.
Point Seven. All wages, prices, salaries, dividends, profits, interest rates and forms of income of any nature whatsoever, shall be frozen at their present figures, as of the date of this directive.
Point Eight. All cases arising from and rules not specifically provided for in this directive, shall be settled and determined by the Unification Board, whose decisions will be final
I was just watching an ABC Evening News segment about the furloughs. They showed a DMV worker at a local food bank who stated that he was there in order to get food to survive. As the segment ended they showed this same worker as he was leaving the food bank, and guess what, across the back of his jacket was the letters SEIU.
I wondered when someone would identify the real problem. Congrats to you.
LOL! Now tell me, if they strike wouldn’t that save California a lot of money since they wouldn’ be paid for the time not worked?
do I have this right:
Furlough = day off without pay
STRIKE = DAYS off without pay
The state of CA just can’t lose!
do I have this right:
Furlough = day off without pay
STRIKE = DAYS off without pay
The state of CA just can’t lose!
Please, please, please strike. Finish the state off so we can start afresh!
LOL!...Strike you fools!
We had furloughs here in IL way back when. Minimum of three days for each employee. No big deal, some employees who were chronically absent volunteered for a lot more than the minimum!
So, what I’m wondering here is what the difference is in terms of your paycheck, between going on strike and furlough days? Call me dense but in either case you ain’t gonna get paid! Those furlough days are set in number, while that strike could be a lot longer. I’d go for the sure thing if it was me. But what do I know?
If there's anybody left that doesn't understand California's problem, there it is in black and white.
FWIW, I hope they go on strike. Then the public will see the true value of the services they provide (next to nothing).
That is what I was thinking. If the strike goes on for 6 months you lose 6 months wages unless your union has some sort of pay structure for being on strike. Believe me, my Dh’d union pay for stike is something like $120 a week so having a furlough a few days a week would earn you much more money than an outright strike! Striking could help California out of it’s debt, IMHO.
Someone will have to do without...everybody, get accustomed to it.
1. Let them strike to deplete the union wealth and to bring public opinion against the union.
2. Fire them.
3. Sue the union for damages.
4. Go bankrupt and wipe out the Pensions.
5. Outlaw unions for gov’t employees.
What’s the downside?
Please do this, for California’s sake. Your pay cut will be 100% while you’re on strike.
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