Labor/Employment
Jun. 28, 2012
Union concessions may leave no recourse for senior workers
Mid-contract concessions by public employee unions are becoming increasingly common as government entities try to balance budgets amid decreasing revenues. But dissenting workers will have little legal recourse.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
When the state's largest public employee union reached a tentative agreement this week with Gov. Jerry Brown to take what amounts to a 4.6 percent pay cut starting next month, not every employee agreed with the terms.
But if those dissenters - many of whom are senior enough that they likely would not face layoffs - cannot derail negotiations, all 93,000 union members will have to take one monthly ...
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