California To Cut State Workers Down To Minimum Wage

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July 03, 2010

Calif. state workers brace for minimum wage

By JUDY LIN (AP)

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Some California state workers are preparing to tap into their savings while others already are cutting expenses as Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's minimum wage order moved one step closer to reality.

On Friday, the Schwarzenegger administration won an appellate court ruling saying it has the authority to impose the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour on more than 200,000 state workers as California wrestles with its latest budget crisis. It was not immediately clear if the state controller, who cuts state paychecks on a decades-old payroll system, will comply. The office says its computers are unable to make the change until an upgrade is completed in two years.

The effect, however, was chilling for state government workers, many of whom say they have to prepare as if the pay cut will happen.

"I feel like we have a target on our backs," said Robert Blanche, a 20-year state worker in the disability division of the Employment Development Department. "My wife stays at home with the kids. This is our sole source of income. And people are going to lose their homes, lose their cars."

The loss of wages — even temporarily — for such a large work force would deal an especially harsh blow to the capital region, where one out of 10 workers is a state government employee. According to the state Employment Development Department, there were 84,600 state workers out of 819,100 people employed in the Sacramento region in May. The number is higher when counting colleges and universities.

A cut to a minimum wage would mean state workers would make the equivalent of $15,000 a year. The average state worker makes $65,000 annually, according to the state Department of Personnel Administration.

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[lim213]

There is absolutely no way to survive in California on minimum wage. It's unlivable even here in New York.

[montyjsg]

It's ironic that this does not affect government workers who are usually overpaid regardless. It's the ones who keep the infastructure running that get hurt. But don't feel like you're alone. You can be glad you're not a school teacher in NJ!

[MegaTriumph1]

About time cut back in Goverment. Let private take Over.