A California Judge ordered the state to discontinue furloughs of certain state workers. Alameda County Superior Court Judge Frank Roesch ruled that Governor Arnold “Terminator” Schwarzeneggar abused his discretion with the two executive orders that resulted in 200,000 state employees on upaid furloughs for three days a month.
The Service Employees International Union Local 1000 filed the suit that covers an between 30,000 – 50,000 of the 2000,000 employees affected by the furloughs. The union said it will pursue back pay for the workers affected by the orders.
The judge’s ruling is absured. The ruling prevents the governor from filling a $75 billion dollar budget gap. In my opinion, the union is perpetuating welfare at the expense of the taxpayers. If the state were a private company these employees would be layed off.