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Strike ends, San Luis Obispo County signals fiscal troubles ahead

Written on 14 Dec, 2018 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 11 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Following the first strike in San Luis Obispo County government history, officials are not planning on any further salary negotiations for the current fiscal year. Early next year, the county will discuss increases in pay for the... (Continue reading)

Are striking SLO County workers exaggerating their financial struggles?

Written on 13 Dec, 2018 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 33 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A group of striking San Luis Obispo County government workers claimed Tuesday they do not make livable wages, yet many, if not most, of the employees currently on strike collect between $50,000 and $100,000 in annual pay... (Continue reading)

Strike looms in SLO County, what are both sides claiming?

Written on 10 Dec, 2018 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 21 comments

Correction: The article initially stated SLOCEA’s demands would cost the county an estimated $2.86 million in the current fiscal year and an estimated $3.94 million in annual ongoing costs. However, those are merely the costs of the pay structure that... (Continue reading)

SLO County and employee union agree on terms of planned strike

Written on 28 Nov, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 15 comments

If San Luis Obispo County’s primary employees union makes good on its threat to strike, the work stoppage will have to occur between Dec. 11 and Dec. 14, and 160 essential employees will have to sit it out in order... (Continue reading)

SLO County seeks court order to stop some workers from striking

Written on 22 Nov, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 19 comments

San Luis Obispo County officials filed a complaint against the county’s primary employee union and are requesting that California’s labor relations agency seek a court order to stop public health and safety workers from striking. [Cal Coast Times] On Nov.... (Continue reading)

SLO County employees announce plans to strike

Written on 21 Nov, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

San Luis Obispo County employees are threatening to strike over not receiving pay raises to their liking, and they may do so as soon as December. [Cal Coast Times] On Nov. 16, the San Luis Obispo County Employees’ Association (SLOCEA)... (Continue reading)

Grover Beach staffers picket city hall, consider strike

Written on 18 Sep, 2018 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 18 comments

By KAREN VELIE Multiple city workers marched around Grover Beach City Hall Monday during the city council meeting in protest of the city’s stalled negotiation with the employee union. [Cal Coast Times] For six months, the union and the city... (Continue reading)

Union membership up in California, down nationwide

Written on 30 Jan, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

At a time when union membership is decreasing nationwide, participation in organized labor is rising in California. [OC Register] In 2016, there were 2.55 million union members in California, the highest total in the nation, according to a report released... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly faculty to receive 10.5 percent raise

Written on 9 Apr, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 33 comments

Just days before Cal Poly professors were to begin a five-day strike, the California State University System and the California Faculty Association agreed Friday to a tentative contract agreement. After almost a year of wrangling over salaries at the CSU’s... (Continue reading)

DA spars with Supervisor Bruce Gibson

Written on 7 Jan, 2016 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 95 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A dispute over a small legal bill morphed into a public spectacle Tuesday as a months-long feud between San Luis Obispo County District Attorney Dan Dow and several top county officials reignited at a board of supervisors... (Continue reading)