Labor & Economic News Blog
Tuesday, May 09, 2006
Budget spurs strike talk amid 87,000 state workers
Budget spurs strike talk amid 87,000 state workersSource: Inside Bay Area
California state government's largest union is threatening to walk off the job in the first state workers' strike in history if Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's administration doesn't come up with what labor leaders termed an "acceptable" contract offer. Service Employees International Union Local 1000 officials warned of the job action at noontime rally at the Capitol on Monday, where an estimated 2,000 purple-shirted teachers, nurses, clerical staff, administrative workers and others loudly expressed their willingness to walk out.
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