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Courts are going to break the people of California. The Governor is trying to save a few dollars by putting the State workers on furlough three days a month, or a 15% pay cut. This is after years of massive union contracts.
This is part of the judges decision to HALT the furloughs.
“Petitioners have also made a sufficient showing of great or irreparable harm to at least some of their members through the thirty plus declarations submitted with the applications. The verified petitions allege such harm to all of their members. Examples of the types of great or irreparable harm that have been submitted include being members put in desperate financial circumstances by additional furloughs because the previous furlough orders have depleted savings and retirement accounts already; homes have been lost or are at risk of being lost because of inability to keep current on mortgages; credit scores have declined because of inability to pay bills, rendering it difficult or impossible to obtain further credit; members have been rendered unable to afford food for an adequate diet for themselves and their families or to buy necessary medicines. The stress and emotional strain of further furlough deductions amounting to a 14-15% pay cut can never be fully measured or adequately compensated, even if Petitioners win on the merits and are awarded back pay after the long delay inherent in litigation of this type.
What does it mean to you? "That’s quite a legal standard. Public employees who earn more than the average member of the public and have far greater benefits and pensions than the public will perhaps suffer irreparable harm from having a slight cutback in their pay! This also is causing emotional stress."
The good news is that today, Friday August 20, thanks to the State Supreme Court, the state workers are on furlough.
Some believe, it is them or us? What do you think--can you afford the level of Sate employment or the wages and benefits of the unionized workers?
It is them or us. Today it is us.
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This is part of the judges decision to HALT the furloughs.
“Petitioners have also made a sufficient showing of great or irreparable harm to at least some of their members through the thirty plus declarations submitted with the applications. The verified petitions allege such harm to all of their members. Examples of the types of great or irreparable harm that have been submitted include being members put in desperate financial circumstances by additional furloughs because the previous furlough orders have depleted savings and retirement accounts already; homes have been lost or are at risk of being lost because of inability to keep current on mortgages; credit scores have declined because of inability to pay bills, rendering it difficult or impossible to obtain further credit; members have been rendered unable to afford food for an adequate diet for themselves and their families or to buy necessary medicines. The stress and emotional strain of further furlough deductions amounting to a 14-15% pay cut can never be fully measured or adequately compensated, even if Petitioners win on the merits and are awarded back pay after the long delay inherent in litigation of this type.
What does it mean to you? "That’s quite a legal standard. Public employees who earn more than the average member of the public and have far greater benefits and pensions than the public will perhaps suffer irreparable harm from having a slight cutback in their pay! This also is causing emotional stress."
The good news is that today, Friday August 20, thanks to the State Supreme Court, the state workers are on furlough.
Some believe, it is them or us? What do you think--can you afford the level of Sate employment or the wages and benefits of the unionized workers?
It is them or us. Today it is us.
More...