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By law, California Highway Patrol officers receive raises based on what five other large law enforcement agencies pay police. Several California cities recently gave police substantial wage increases, leading to the biggest raise in 20 years for the CHP.
The California state scientists who carry out Newsom’s climate agenda want a raise.
SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA (AP) – Thousands of scientists who work for California began a rolling three-day strike Wednesday — the first walkout by a state civil service union. Members of the California Association of Professional Scientists marched under cloudy skies in Sacramento to protest lack of progress in contract talks. The walkout will spread to Los […]
The California state scientists’ union has launched a three-day strike — the first in the union’s 39 years — to pressure the state to come to the bargaining table with a contract that offers pay equity, retention pay and more.
More than 4,000 state scientists have worked under an expired contract for three years. Average wages in 2020 were $83,586, 27% less than state engineers’ pay. The state filed an unfair labor practice charge to stop the strike. Story from @CalMatters.