Something from the
Sacramento Bee Article:
Roughly 200,000 state workers will receive minimum wage paychecks next month under terms of an order issued Thursday by the Schwarzenegger administration.
According to a letter delivered to Controller John Chiang in late afternoon, July pay for most hourly state employees will be withheld to the minimum allowed by federal law – $7.25 an hour – and then restored once there's a budget.
So, this happened to us a couple of years ago, too. The Governator sent out a letter telling the Controller to pay us minimum wage, which was $6.75 back then. The Controller didn't. The Controller says he won't do it this time, either. However, two years ago the Controller was sued over his decision and lost. That decision was appealed and the appeal was heard about two weeks ago. Who knows when the judge will give his decision on the matter.
People are freaking out. The union I'm in doesn't have a deal and they're telling us, via e-mail, that it's "fear tactic" and a "bargaining ploy." Well, duh.
I figure I'll wait to freak out after the appeal's finished.
Smiles, everyone.
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