42 furlough days ordered for L.A. workers who rejected labor deal

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By David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times
April 28, 2011


Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa on Wednesday ordered his managers to impose 42 furlough days on city employees in four union groups after those workers rejected his proposal for cutting the budget shortfall.

Employee groups representing more than 6,300 full-time workers voted against the labor agreement that the mayor negotiated last month with leaders of the Coalition of L.A. City Unions. Balloting finished Tuesday.

The deal with the coalition was supposed to save $69 million in the coming fiscal year. Villaraigosa had promised employees who made a series of concessions — including a 4% reduction in pay and the postponement of three previously negotiated raises — that they would be rewarded with an end to furloughs that the city has used to avoid employee layoffs.

Without concessions from those four groups, and the city facing a $457-million shortfall, Villaraigosa said he would demand eight and a half weeks of unpaid days off from those workers between now and June 2012. ............(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-labor-deal-20110428,0,7129495.story

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1. I would be such a happy camper if I were they

That's over a month off! Awesome!

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2. A month of pay probably isn't that easy to give up.

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3. It would be worth it

When I think of the vacations, the time to do whatever I want, the time spent with the little relatives whose lives pass by so fast! I would be soooo happy!