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Union-Tribune Slashing Wages and Benefits, Warning of More Staff Reductions
Tell JF the FD should get 18.5% salary reductions to fix the budget mess.— January 16, 2009 12:19 p.m.
San Diego City Employees pension fund ailing
Patt Morrison, long time LA Times reporter, ran a line or two today about San Diego being the only densly populated county without a county fire department/protection plan, in one of her "we are too cheap to pay for services" rants that would have made JF blush with pride.— January 15, 2009 4:34 p.m.
San Diego City Employees pension fund ailing
Here is what I have been suggesting, but so far only Escondido has actually done it; Short Takes: Union accepting pay cut helps avert city layoffs 2:00 a.m. January 15, 2009 ESCONDIDO: A last-minute decision by a labor union to accept a 5 percent pay cut helped avert 31 layoffs when the City Council approved wide-ranging budget cuts yesterday. Escondido is projecting a $7.4 million budget deficit this fiscal year, which ends June 30, and has been trying to close the gap with service cuts, benefit reductions for all employees and a 5 percent pay cut for 236 City Hall staff members. The Escondido City Employees Association, whose members include City Hall workers who make $27,000 to $60,000 a year, had refused to negotiate salary reductions. The union had argued that it was unfair to exempt police officers, firefighters and maintenance workers from the pay cuts. http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/jan/1… BTW= who is going to be the big 400th post???????????????— January 15, 2009 8:15 a.m.
San Diego City Employees pension fund ailing
No accounting. Public in the dark. Seemingly, government in the dark about the cost, too. Biz as usual -- or govt as usual. Best, Don Bauder ======================================== Don, were you speaking about the City of San Diego??? Or the national fiasco known as the TARP black hole (Troubled Asset Relief program) bailout??? You can plug that statement into just about any local, state or the national government today.— January 14, 2009 10:48 p.m.
San Diego City Employees pension fund ailing
We also pay 4.3% more into our retirement now. That's 4.3% pre-tax. So what would the equivalent after tax raise be to offset that? Yeah, more than the 5% we got. ===================================== FICA is 7.65%, AND THE BENEFIT, SS, IS ABOUT 1/10TH OF THE 3%@50. I dont get the "pre tax" argument either-your contribution is paid before being taxed-how is that not a benefit to you JF??? When you say you have received a 5% raise over 4 years but are still nhegative-tell me what the private sector is then-since their wages have stayed the same since 2000, would they not have an actual decline of 30% due to inflation (assuming 3%/year CPI inflation)?????— January 14, 2009 10:44 p.m.
San Diego City Employees pension fund ailing
"Laid off"...got it, I had it right the first time!— January 14, 2009 10:38 p.m.
San Diego City Employees pension fund ailing
opps...that should read "layed" off......— January 14, 2009 6:35 p.m.
San Diego City Employees pension fund ailing
BTW,, what diff does it make how long you've been on the job. Layed of Is layed off. =========================== Laying off the lowest paid employees, new hires, causes more damage to the structure (OC and SS's) and the number of people hurt. You should lay off higher paid middle and upper management first = and get more bang for the laid off employee buck.— January 14, 2009 6:34 p.m.
Is Moores Jumping Out Just in Time Again?
How long do the "personal seat licenses" last??? That license is also such a scam. I remember when the NFL started that nonsense I couldn't believe people let themselves get shaken down like that!— January 14, 2009 6:30 p.m.
San Diego City Employees pension fund ailing
I'm sure the 200+ folks that OC let go last week would disagree with you Fred. ================================== Out of a county payroll of what, 30K employees???? The Social Serves employees at OC who were laid off were all new hires-within a few years (2,3,4??). It is very rare for any gov agency to actually lay off actually employed emplolyees. When was the last time SD actually laid a person off???— January 14, 2009 5:19 p.m.