DPGI - the aftermath (Free subscription) | yesterday
because their politics are different than yours and you are just a peon anyway. The state worker also did fund raising for the light worker during the campaign as well it seems. What a surprise. Posted in 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, Democrats, Idiot Spotting, Liberalism, United States of America
The Star-Ledger (Free subscription) | yesterday
With the state budget shrinking by more than 10 percent, state workers face a daunting menu of furloughs, wage givebacks -- and possibly job cuts, Gov. Jon Corzine said during the League of Municipalities convention in Atlantic City today. "While...
PORT☆CITY☆UNDERGROUND (Free subscription) | yesterday
The transition to Governor-elect Beverly Perdue’s administration means new management teams… More here: Top state workers could lose out in Perdue administration
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 11/20/2008
Here's a message from angry and anxious state workers to California's elected officials: Lead by example. Before you furlough employees, ax jobs, pare back holidays, change overtime accounting rules or hand down any other mandates that cost your civil servants, make some sacrifices yourself. "I understand that the state has money trouble. I'm willing to cut back," state...
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | yesterday
A fund that was set up to help Bennington State Office Building workers diagnosed with sarcoidosis is in the red.
West Law Report (Free subscription) | yesterday
From The Times November 14, 2008 New EU workers’ welfare restrictions proportionate House of Lords Published November 14, 2008 Zalewska v Department for Social Development Before Lord Hope of Craighead, Baroness Hale of Richmond, Lord Carswell, Lord Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood and Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury Speeches November 12, 2008 The United Kingdom’s decision to restrict the payment...
Deseret Morning News (Free subscription) | 11/20/2008
Get ready for some more bad economic times for Utah state government, with layoffs of state workers and a reduction of programs for Human Services recipients and other "critical" areas potentially considered, state legislators were told Wednesday.
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 11/19/2008
An ex-state worker sentenced on Tuesday to a year in jail for stealing confidential employee information this summer also had hidden in her closet confidential Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation reports about the gang affiliations of state prison inmates. New details about documents that investigators found when they raided Rachael Rivas Dumbrique's Sacramento home in...
The Ocean State Republican (Free subscription) | 11/17/2008
TheMoneyTrail.org announces the posting of payroll data for all Rhode Island state workers. In an effort to increase the financial transparency of public-sector payrolls, RISC Foundation’s site includes detailed information on how state workers are compensated, broken down by department. Harriet Lloyd, Director of the Money Trail project, points out that according to the...
BBC News (Free subscription) | 11/19/2008
The pension pot for Jersey's States workers shrinks by almost £860m - a 48% drop.
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 11/18/2008
Two economists downgraded the state of Vermont's revenue forecasts Tuesday by nearly $30 million, and the governor warned that layoffs of some state workers are a possibility.
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 11/19/2008
Testimony by a former state pilot has painted a disturbing portrait of the operation of the state's jet, which flies elected officials and state workers on official business. According to pilot Jim Richardson, fired by the Nevada Department of Transportation...
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 11/17/2008
Cal-Tax Reports has the latest on mold clean-up efforts at The Board of Equalization's headquarters.
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 11/15/2008
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California's generous offering of holidays for state workers _ the equivalent of nearly three work weeks _ is among the items Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is looking to trim to help counter a mounting budget deficit. Lincoln's Birthday and Columbus Day would get the ax under a proposal the governor's administration estimates will save $114 million during this fiscal...
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | yesterday
As tens of thousands of state workers brace for possible pay cuts and layoffs, a lucky few retired state workers can look forward to bonuses in their pension checks. Anyone wondering who is responsible need look no further than the Legislature and former Gov. Gray Davis. In 2002, California legislators included 3,200 state employees in more than 90 classifications...
