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Sacramento - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has put organized labor squarely in his cross-hairs in 2010, opening a fight that will largely determine the shape of his final year in office. Schwarzenegger's proposals would cut the size of the union workforce, reduce pay, shrink future pensions and roll back job protections... [snip]
"This budget isn't about attacking any specific group," ... "Its about trying to fix what's broken in this state and prioritize the funding we have so we can make the hard but necessary choices to address our $20-billion deficit."
Among the plans in the governor's budget: privatize prisons, which would strip members from the influential guards union; and curtail seniority protections for teachers.
Schwarzenegger also wants to permanently lower state workforce salaries by 5% without returning to the bargaining table with public-sector unions. And he would require state workers to chip 5% more into their retirement plans [their what?] ... [snip]
The unions have spent millions to thwart some of the governor's past initiatives and hope to do so again. Labor and the unions' Democratic allies are already girding for battle... [snip]
[Which they've a long, successful history of doing - Arnie will need grass-roots help to combat them.]
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"SUPPORT ARNOLD'S UNION ROLL-BACK INITIATIVES"
CA Governor:
Phone: 916-445-2841
YOUR CA State Legislature =
YOUR CA Senate Email list pg.
and as always, pass it on...
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