http://stateworkersoupline.net "Prosperity is Just Around the Corner" - Herbert Hoover Sun, 18 Oct 2009 02:53:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Studies Show Furloughs Not Saving State For every dollar in reduced spending from furloughs, the state saves approximately 37 cents for the General Fund for FY 09–10; this falls to 12 cents when losses in subsequent years are taken into account. http://stateworkersoupline.net/?p=658 State Revenues Continue Sharp Drop Bigger Budget Deficit Feared For 2010-2011 State’s 3 Sources of Revenues All Dropped Below What Was Budgeted The State’s three largest sources of revenue fell below estimates made in the revised 2009-2010 State Budget for the month of September. When adjusted to account for payments made in September ... http://stateworkersoupline.net/?p=655 Public Pensions In Deep Trouble" The financial crisis has blown a hole in the rosy forecasts of pension funds that cover teachers, police officers and other government employees, casting into doubt as never before whether these public systems will be able to keep their promises to future generations of retirees. http://stateworkersoupline.net/?p=652 The Observer Los Angeles, 2009: California may be the eighth largest economy in the world, but its state staff are being paid in IOUs, unemployment is at its highest in 70 years, and teachers are on hunger strike. So what has gone so catastrophically wrong? http://stateworkersoupline.net/?p=649 Calitics:: Moby Doing More To Stop Murder In California Than Arnold Schwarzenegger Six shelters that temporarily house victims and their families have closed since Schwarzenegger used his line-item veto to eliminate their funding in July. Advocates say dozens more of the 94 agencies that received a total ... http://stateworkersoupline.net/?p=646 Sunday is the 3rd anniversary of "Thank You State Workers Day" Join me on Sunday in thanking our lucky stars for such leadership. Oh, and: "We have always been at war with Oceania!" http://stateworkersoupline.net/?p=643 Hundreds of L.A. County workers rally for contract support Hundreds of L.A. County workers gathered outside the downtown county administration building this morning to rally support from leaders before their contract expires Wednesday. They arrived in half a dozen charter buses, wearing T-shirts and toting signs from Service Employees International Union Local ... http://stateworkersoupline.net/?p=640 CalPERS board seat: SEIU seeks three in a row Hackett’s backers include the biggest state worker union, SEIU, Local 1000, representing about 70,000 state workers, and the California School Employees Association, the non-teaching school workers who are a third of CalPERS members. Jelincic’s endorsements include two major retiree groups, California State ... http://stateworkersoupline.net/?p=637 Dear Maria, I saw you on Meet the Press a few Sundays ago where you gave an interview regaling the legacies of your deceased uncle Ted and your mother, Eunice.  You seem so proud of them.  And you should be:  they were great Americans.  As I watched your interview, I got ... http://stateworkersoupline.net/?p=621 Governor threatens to veto all the bills on his desk Legislative sources say the governor threatened to veto all of the bills on his desk - 73 in all - unless they were recalled by the legislative houses. By recalling the bills to the respective desks, the 12-day timeline will reset ... http://stateworkersoupline.net/?p=628