http://www.examiner.com/x-14407-Sacramento-Labor-Policy-Examiner?cid=exrss-Sacramento-Labor-Policy-Examiner en-us Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:53:36 -0700 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:58:14 -0700 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.examiner.com/x-14407-Sacramento-Labor-Policy-Examiner~y2009m11d21-Union-Political-New-Report--Monday-November-23-2009?cid=exrss-Sacramento-Labor-Policy-Examiner Legal arguments on the justification to impose furlough requirements on state workers employed by non-General Fund departments and agencies were debated on November 16 before Judge Frank Roesch in Superior Court - Alameda County. At issue a... Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:58:14 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-14407-Sacramento-Labor-Policy-Examiner~y2009m11d21-Union-Political-New-Report--Monday-November-23-2009?cid=exrss-Sacramento-Labor-Policy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-14407-Sacramento-Labor-Policy-Examiner~y2009m11d1-Union-Political-News-Report--Monday-November-2-2009?cid=exrss-Sacramento-Labor-Policy-Examiner A recently commissioned Field Poll shows a majority of state voters favor cutting pensions benefits for newly hired public employees in state and local government. The release of the polling data coincides with stepped up efforts to qualify a broad-b... Sun, 01 Nov 2009 15:45:40 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-14407-Sacramento-Labor-Policy-Examiner~y2009m11d1-Union-Political-News-Report--Monday-November-2-2009?cid=exrss-Sacramento-Labor-Policy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-14407-Sacramento-Labor-Policy-Examiner~y2009m10d25-Union-Political-News-Report--Monday-October-26-2009?cid=exrss-Sacramento-Labor-Policy-Examiner California's Constitutional Officers filed opening briefs with the 3rd District Court of Appeals for Case # 060694 on Tuesday. At issue is the scope and purpose of furlough enabling Executive Order S-16-08, which a lower court initially ruled applied... Sun, 25 Oct 2009 15:58:31 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-14407-Sacramento-Labor-Policy-Examiner~y2009m10d25-Union-Political-News-Report--Monday-October-26-2009?cid=exrss-Sacramento-Labor-Policy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-14407-Sacramento-Labor-Policy-Examiner~y2009m10d18-Union-Political-News-Report--Monday-Ocober-19-2009?cid=exrss-Sacramento-Labor-Policy-Examiner With approximately 98% of state employees opting out of a Union drive to observe Columbus Day as a compensated holiday, State calendar day October 12 passed by without much fanfare on the ground. Predictions of chaos and confrontation by protagonists... Sun, 18 Oct 2009 17:04:26 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-14407-Sacramento-Labor-Policy-Examiner~y2009m10d18-Union-Political-News-Report--Monday-Ocober-19-2009?cid=exrss-Sacramento-Labor-Policy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-14407-Sacramento-Labor-Policy-Examiner~y2009m10d11-Union-Political-News-Report--Monday-October-12-2009?cid=exrss-Sacramento-Labor-Policy-Examiner The dueling open letters between SEIU 1000 and the California Department of Personnel Administration (DPA), clarified arguments on the status of state calender day October 12. SEIU maintains labor law protections chaptered under section 3517.8 of the... Sun, 11 Oct 2009 18:08:45 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-14407-Sacramento-Labor-Policy-Examiner~y2009m10d11-Union-Political-News-Report--Monday-October-12-2009?cid=exrss-Sacramento-Labor-Policy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-14407-Sacramento-Labor-Policy-Examiner~y2009m10d4-Union-Political-News-Report--Monday-October-5-2009?cid=exrss-Sacramento-Labor-Policy-Examiner SEIU 1000 President Yvonne Walker released a message at the precipice for the Union's 95,000 plus membership, saying the observance of the Columbus Holiday on October 12 remains in effect for rank-and-file members - and that the Union will defend any... Sun, 04 Oct 2009 16:57:14 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-14407-Sacramento-Labor-Policy-Examiner~y2009m10d4-Union-Political-News-Report--Monday-October-5-2009?cid=exrss-Sacramento-Labor-Policy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-14407-Sacramento-Labor-Policy-Examiner~y2009m9d27-Union-Political-News-Report--Monday-September-28-2009?cid=exrss-Sacramento-Labor-Policy-Examiner Following through on an earlier decision on furlough case # CPF- 09-509580, Superior Court Judge Charlotte Walter Woolard on Thursday agreed to SEIU 1000's petition for compensatory damages and awarded the Union's 6,250 represented civil service empl... Sun, 27 Sep 2009 17:21:05 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-14407-Sacramento-Labor-Policy-Examiner~y2009m9d27-Union-Political-News-Report--Monday-September-28-2009?cid=exrss-Sacramento-Labor-Policy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-14407-Sacramento-Labor-Policy-Examiner~y2009m9d20-Union-Political-News-Report--Monday-September-21-2009?cid=exrss-Sacramento-Labor-Policy-Examiner The California Attorneys, Administrative Law Judges and Hearing Officers in State Employment (CASE) filed a lawsuit in Superior Court on Thursday asking for a writ of peremptory prohibition prohibiting the Schwarzenegger-led DPA from violating terms ... Sun, 20 Sep 2009 18:04:35 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-14407-Sacramento-Labor-Policy-Examiner~y2009m9d20-Union-Political-News-Report--Monday-September-21-2009?cid=exrss-Sacramento-Labor-Policy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-14407-Sacramento-Labor-Policy-Examiner~y2009m9d13-Union-Political-News-Report--Monday-September-14-2009?cid=exrss-Sacramento-Labor-Policy-Examiner The California legislature adjourned on September 11 with no gains for state workers. Bills affecting state employees including contract enabling legislation AB 88 and AB 964 were blocked by the GOP. Under current rules the bills never had a chance. ... Sun, 13 Sep 2009 16:31:03 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-14407-Sacramento-Labor-Policy-Examiner~y2009m9d13-Union-Political-News-Report--Monday-September-14-2009?cid=exrss-Sacramento-Labor-Policy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-14407-Sacramento-Labor-Policy-Examiner~y2009m9d7-Union-Political-News-Report--Monday-September-7-2009?cid=exrss-Sacramento-Labor-Policy-Examiner On Friday, California state Senate Pro-Tempore, Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, released an open letter to Republican governor Arnold Schwarzenegger asking for an agreement to rescind one furlough day per month in exchange for commensurate across-th... Mon, 07 Sep 2009 16:55:09 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-14407-Sacramento-Labor-Policy-Examiner~y2009m9d7-Union-Political-News-Report--Monday-September-7-2009?cid=exrss-Sacramento-Labor-Policy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-14407-Sacramento-Labor-Policy-Examiner~y2009m9d1-Union-Political-News-Report--Monday-August-31-2009?cid=exrss-Sacramento-Labor-Policy-Examiner A Superior Court Judge today ruled all employees of the State Compensation Insurance Fund (SCIF) are exempt from executive orders on furloughs. Citing safeguard provisions in Insurance Code 11873 (c), Judge Charlotte Walter Woolard ruled the Fund, an... Tue, 01 Sep 2009 06:27:08 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-14407-Sacramento-Labor-Policy-Examiner~y2009m9d1-Union-Political-News-Report--Monday-August-31-2009?cid=exrss-Sacramento-Labor-Policy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-14407-Sacramento-Labor-Policy-Examiner~y2009m8d24-Union-Political-News-Report--Monday-August-24-2009?cid=exrss-Sacramento-Labor-Policy-Examiner State lawmakers are reportedly set to address public employee pension reform within the next few weeks. Whether state Democrats agree to repeal key SB 400 provisions before the session ends remains to be seen - it's possible. While the Unions have ag... Mon, 24 Aug 2009 01:20:14 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-14407-Sacramento-Labor-Policy-Examiner~y2009m8d24-Union-Political-News-Report--Monday-August-24-2009?cid=exrss-Sacramento-Labor-Policy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-14407-Sacramento-Labor-Policy-Examiner~y2009m8d16-Union-Political-News-Report--Monday-August-17-2009?cid=exrss-Sacramento-Labor-Policy-Examiner Efforts by SEIU 1000 and PECG to scale back outsourced private contracts may payoff in the long-run. The Unions argue the State spends more than $350 million annually for private contract work which could be - and should be - done by members of the s... Sun, 16 Aug 2009 19:20:29 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-14407-Sacramento-Labor-Policy-Examiner~y2009m8d16-Union-Political-News-Report--Monday-August-17-2009?cid=exrss-Sacramento-Labor-Policy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-14407-Sacramento-Labor-Policy-Examiner~y2009m8d9-Union-Political-News-Report--Monday-August-10-2009?cid=exrss-Sacramento-Labor-Policy-Examiner  The Professional Engineers in California Government (PECG) filed a 4th-level furlough-based grievance on July 21, citing contract violations on rules altering work hours and pay rates (Article 8.4), and a provision guaranteeing base pay compara... Sun, 09 Aug 2009 19:29:12 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-14407-Sacramento-Labor-Policy-Examiner~y2009m8d9-Union-Political-News-Report--Monday-August-10-2009?cid=exrss-Sacramento-Labor-Policy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-14407-Sacramento-Labor-Policy-Examiner~y2009m8d3-Union-Political-News-Report--Monday-August-3-2009?cid=exrss-Sacramento-Labor-Policy-Examiner Republican governor Arnold Schwarzenegger took to more cuts and signed a revised $24 billion budget package on Tuesday. Though the bill spared state workers the burden of another furlough day requirement, it does not preclude the governor's option to... Sun, 02 Aug 2009 23:12:43 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-14407-Sacramento-Labor-Policy-Examiner~y2009m8d3-Union-Political-News-Report--Monday-August-3-2009?cid=exrss-Sacramento-Labor-Policy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-14407-Sacramento-Labor-Policy-Examiner~y2009m7d27-Union-Political-News-Report--July-27-2009?cid=exrss-Sacramento-Labor-Policy-Examiner Lawmakers completed work on a $24 billion budget revision over the weekend, setting aside two components of the original package and leaving the state $1.1 billion in arrears. The governor is expected to remedy the short fall with additional cuts via... Mon, 27 Jul 2009 00:42:33 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-14407-Sacramento-Labor-Policy-Examiner~y2009m7d27-Union-Political-News-Report--July-27-2009?cid=exrss-Sacramento-Labor-Policy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-14407-Sacramento-Labor-Policy-Examiner~y2009m7d23-Union-Political-News-Report--Thursday-July-23-2009?cid=exrss-Sacramento-Labor-Policy-Examiner Sacramento -  The stage is set for lawmakers to begin voting tonight on a series of 28 bills implementing the $26.3 billion budget deal. The agreement continues the three-day monthly furlough requirement for state employees through June 201... Thu, 23 Jul 2009 06:06:15 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-14407-Sacramento-Labor-Policy-Examiner~y2009m7d23-Union-Political-News-Report--Thursday-July-23-2009?cid=exrss-Sacramento-Labor-Policy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-14407-Sacramento-Labor-Policy-Examiner~y2009m7d20-Union-Political-News-Report-1--Monday-July-20-2009?cid=exrss-Sacramento-Labor-Policy-Examiner Sacramento -Lawmakers broke through the impasse over the weekend and could announce a budget deal today. The agreement eliminates the 5% pay cut but retains the three-day monthly furlough requirement for state employees. The agreement ... Mon, 20 Jul 2009 01:51:38 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-14407-Sacramento-Labor-Policy-Examiner~y2009m7d20-Union-Political-News-Report-1--Monday-July-20-2009?cid=exrss-Sacramento-Labor-Policy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-14407-Sacramento-Labor-Policy-Examiner~y2009m7d17-Union-Political-News-Report-1--Friday-July-17-2009?cid=exrss-Sacramento-Labor-Policy-Examiner Sacramento -  Whether or not state lawmakers finalize a budget deal before kingdom come, the two-tier pension proposal has been deferred indefinitely, and is no longer a point of contention as negotiations continue for a ninth wee... Fri, 17 Jul 2009 01:23:45 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-14407-Sacramento-Labor-Policy-Examiner~y2009m7d17-Union-Political-News-Report-1--Friday-July-17-2009?cid=exrss-Sacramento-Labor-Policy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-14407-Sacramento-Labor-Policy-Examiner~y2009m7d15-Union-Political-News-Report-1-Wednesday-July-15-2009?cid=exrss-Sacramento-Labor-Policy-Examiner Sacramento -A tax commission's work on budget-related reforms has stalled along partisan lines. The Commission on the 21st Century Economy, headed by Gerald Parsky, former chief advisor to Republican Pete Wilson, is charged with r... Wed, 15 Jul 2009 01:07:08 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-14407-Sacramento-Labor-Policy-Examiner~y2009m7d15-Union-Political-News-Report-1-Wednesday-July-15-2009?cid=exrss-Sacramento-Labor-Policy-Examiner