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-----Original Message----- From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 1:51 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Salary rant There's precedent for that ... In 1995 Bob Dole and Newt Gingrich shut down the Federal Government three times and screwed with Federal Employees ... And although they decided to grant full pay during the furlough, some of us in IT were considered 'essential personnel' and HAD to report during furloughs, personally I lost non refundable airline tickets and my planned vacation with family, so the politicians could make their point. I was NOT one of those that got paid to not report to work... Sucks all around ... :( Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security -----Original Message----- From: Joe Heaton [mailto:jhea...@etp.ca.gov] Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 4:33 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Salary rant Our republican governator has been fighting with our Democratic legislature, "and using the state workers as pawns in his games." He threatened federal minimum wage late last year, and he may bring that back into the picture come May-June of next year, when they're trying to establish a budget for 2010/2011. I'm part of a union that came to an agreement on a contract in early Feb., and he had his Republican cronies squash the passing of the contract at that time, because it limited members to a single furlough day, and had unprecedented layoff protections in it. I hear that it may come back to the floor during their next session, but I honestly can't see it passing now either. It wouldn't be as bad if we didn't require a 2/3 majority for so many things, such as the budget, and the contract thing. Joe Heaton Employment Training Panel ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
