Published Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Public sector employees already are underpaid, according to the Washington-based AFT's ninth annual Public Employees Compensation Survey, released in September. But, with California’s decision Tuesday to lay off at least 10,000 state workers by July 1, state and local government employees are more concerned with simply holding on to the jobs they have. The California legislature still was working on resolving a $42 billion budget deficit on Wednesday to avoid laying off another 10,000 employees, according to the Los Angeles Times. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger issued 10,000 layoff notices ...
