Reply #2: Perhaps never [View All]

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After all, if a contract is negotiated between two parties (in this case the state and its civil service bargaining unit), they might come up with a workable solution that protects jobs, allows for voluntary furlough days and saves the state money. The court just said that one side can't invent an emergency and make unilateral changes to the contract.

The question is whether the state executive will deign to bargain with the hoi polloi to negotiate a solution.