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California Faculty Association at CSU San Marcos |
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A Tough Negotiating Season State workers who also are negotiating contracts now face demands for extensive reductions in pay and benefits. SEIU Local 1000 (CSEA) which represents nearly 88,000 state workers reports the governor, with whom they bargain, has demanded take-aways totaling 14 percent of the average member's pay and benefits. The average salary of a Local 1000 member is $42,100. Among the cuts on the table, and their cost to the average employee: - 5-day furlough/unpaid leave = $800 - Loss of two holidays = $325 - Pension cuts = $3,850 - Freezing the employer contribution to health insurance = $830 - Refusing health insurance to new hires for their first six months of employment = $2,575 Local 1000 President Jim Hard reached out to other state employee unions, including CFA, for support, saying, "The governor doesn't like or appreciate public employees and he especially doesn't like the unions who represent them. We are all in this fight together and if we stand united like we have been doing, we can beat this schoolyard bully." A lunchtime rally on June 30 will be held on the South Steps of the Capitol from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. where Local 1000 hopes others will join them to make a public show of their concern at the governor's take-away bargaining. CFA President John Travis said: "Given the budget and political climate, the union has known that this will be a difficult bargaining cycle. The governor's assault on Local 1000 is one more indication that he and his friends are committed to reducing the influence of public employees-including CSU faculty-on the political, economic, and social processes of California." |
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