April 13, 2009
Internal Affairs: What happened to Schwarzenegger’s layoffs, anyway?
State workers will not be spared layoffs
A few months back, it looked as if California government might join the ranks of employers letting go of their workers in droves. For the time being, though, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is holding off on his threat to lay off 10,000 state employees.
What changed? One big factor was the budget deal that the guv cinched with legislative leaders in February. That helped close a $40 billion budget hole (although another big gap is re-emerging as the economy continues to sputter).
And part of the budget deal forced state workers to take one- or two-day-a-month unpaid furloughs through mid-next year, so it's not as if they're getting by unscathed…
LINK - MercuryNews.com
