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Friday, January 1, 2010

Judge rules Schwarzenegger can't furlough 3 unions - Sacramento News - Local and Breaking Sacramento News | Sacramento Bee


Judge rules Schwarzenegger can't furlough 3 unions - Sacramento News - Local and Breaking Sacramento News | Sacramento Bee:

"An Alameda Superior Court judge has ordered the Schwarzenegger administration to stop furloughing thousands of state workers who are members of three big public sector unions, including Service Employees International Union Local 1000, offering them a huge legal victory as 2010 begins.

In three rulings released late Thursday, Judge Frank Roesch said the governor's reliance on the state's Emergency Services Act to order three furlough days a month, triggering pays cuts of almost 15 percent, was flawed and illegal"