Jaycee Dugard awarded $20 million settlement

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by PeppyGPhiB

In other news, today The Governator commanded that 200,000 state workers in California should receive the federal minimum wage for the July pay period. He did this to prove a point with the legislators - who have not yet passed a budget - but it's unclear whether the 200,000 state workers includes the legislators. An absolutely horrible thing to do to all of those workers and their families just to make a statement.

FWIW, they get back pay once the budget's passed. It's not awesome but they're not screwed entirely.

We had the issue here when IL couldn't pass a budget but instead they were just not going to get paid. The state worker's credit union was prepared to offer no interest loans (for good will's sake), but I think they just barely passed it in time.

If the legislators can't pass the bill, they'll bet he ones to pay, not the gov. He's out no matter what.

[PeppyGPhiB]

Originally Posted by Drolefille

FWIW, they get back pay once the budget's passed. It's not awesome but they're not screwed entirely.

That's why I think it's stupid and wrong. It's not like he's saving the state any money in the end. He's instead pulling the rug out from under people - with no notice - just to prove a point. Those people have families and budgets of their own, and he just gave all of them the finger because he's upset with one group of people. How does this help get the budget done?

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by PeppyGPhiB

That's why I think it's stupid and wrong. It's not like he's saving the state any money in the end. He's instead pulling the rug out from under people - with no notice - just to prove a point. Those people have families and budgets of their own, and he just gave all of them the finger because he's upset with one group of people. How does this help get the budget done?

It makes the union put pressure on the legislators to stop fighting and sign the damn budget. I think it's interesting that they actually have a provision that lets the employees get paid at all without a budget since it was more of an automatic thing here than the governor making a point.

Hopefully the union will help the workers (and I'm assuming that the state workers are unionized her but that's been my experience.) I think it sucks that they're the ones who get hurt in the process, but it's probably more effective than anything else.