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TexasTowelie

(112,118 posts)
Wed Feb 15, 2017, 01:27 AM Feb 2017

When are those raises coming for state workers?

State workers should count on about another month or so of waiting until they can start cashing checks for the bonuses and raises that they’re set to receive in the slate of labor agreements that Gov. Jerry Brown’s administration announced in December.

The agreements have cleared two Senate committees, and they should go to the full Senate within days.

There is no schedule yet for Assembly votes, but legislative staff members and union officials following the contracts say they should be ready for the governor in early March.

In the last weeks of 2016, the Brown administration reached labor agreements that cover about half the state’s workforce. In general, they’re three- and four-year agreements for a wide range of occupations, from firefighters to custodians and nurses.

Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/the-state-worker/article132086139.html

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