January 12, 2010
New furlough dispute brews between controller and Schwarzenegger administration
State Controller John Chiang told Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's administration today that he intends to end forced furloughs for state correctional officers this month, prompting a threat from the governor's office to dock other pay from state prison workers and resort to layoffs.
If Chiang follows through on his decision and it is not overturned, the prison guards would be the largest group of state workers to have succeeded in overturning the forced furloughs that have been in effect for a year and amount to a 15% reduction in pay…
LINK - LATimesblogs.LATimes.com
