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alp227

(32,034 posts) Sun Jun 24, 2012, 11:14 PM Jun 2012

Gov. Jerry Brown drops four-day workweek plan for state workers

Gov. Jerry Brown's plan to move the state to a four-day workweek died Saturday with the news that California's biggest state worker union has tentatively agreed to furlough terms that don't include the compressed schedule.

Service Employees International Union Local 1000 told members that its negotiators accepted a deal with Brown requiring that covered workers take 12 unpaid leave days over the 12 months starting July 1.

Although employees' paychecks will show a 5 percent monthly hit on their wages, they have some flexibility to schedule the time off, unlike Brown's proposal to put workers on a fixed 9.5-hour, four-days-per-week calendar.

The deal doesn't affect any other aspect of Local 1000's current contract, including a scheduled 3 percent raise for top-step employees effective July 1, 2013, the day after the new round of furloughs is supposed to end.

Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/2012/06/24/4584862/gov-jerry-brown-drops-four-day.html

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Gov. Jerry Brown drops four-day workweek plan for state workers (Original Post) alp227 Jun 2012 OP

California is in pretty bad shape. What they need to do is repeal some of those propositions they WI_DEM Jun 2012 #1

I like Brown's plan better hfojvt Jun 2012 #2

WI_DEM

(33,497 posts)

1. California is in pretty bad shape. What they need to do is repeal some of those propositions they

Reply to alp227 (Original post)

Mon Jun 25, 2012, 12:48 AM

Jun 2012

passed years ago and raise taxes.

hfojvt

(37,573 posts)

2. I like Brown's plan better

Reply to alp227 (Original post)

Mon Jun 25, 2012, 02:44 AM

Jun 2012

Did the Union vote on the plans?

To me 12 days off is not as good as 52 days off. That's like an extra 8 weeks of paid vacation.

Although the longer days would suck.

Also, I am not sure how any plan works. Some state employees sorta have to be there 24/7 in jobs like police, prison guards, fire departments (some of those are city workers though, not state workers). In other areas though, look at my own job. So I take a day off unpaid. Then what happens? Since the building where I work is still open, somebody is gonna have to do my job. Our staff is not large enough, nor does it have enough redundancy for the rest of the staff to do my eight hours of work during their own shifts.

That is probably true for many other government jobs too. If somebody is gone there is going to be slower service. Fewere people at the driver's license office means longer lines.

Whereas with the four day weeks, the offices would just be closed 3 days a week, which would save on utility bills as well.

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