Labor/Employment
Jul. 24, 2013
Trial begins over measure affecting city worker benefits
Attorneys for San Jose and its employee unions laid out their arguments at the start of a trial that will decide the fate of a voter initiative that sought to stave off a budget crisis by increasing workers' contributions to their benefits.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
SAN JOSE - Attorneys for this city and its employee unions laid out their arguments Monday at the start of a weeklong trial that will decide the fate of Measure B, a 2012 voter initiative that sought to stave off a budget crisis by increasing city workers' contributions to their retirement benefits. The city says the voters were within their rights to amend the city charter, but city employees and retirees...
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