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Thursday, January 26, 2012

The State Worker: California settles up -- interest free -- with prison guards union

California's prison officers union is getting a loan from taxpayers – interest-free – to settle a multimillion-dollar debt it owes the state.
The deal sealed on Wednesday closes the books on what the Department of Mental Health and the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said was at least $4.5 million the California Correctional Peace Officers Association owed for wages and benefits paid to CCPOA leaders while they were away from their state jobs tending to union business.
Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/2012/01/26/4215734/the-state-worker-california-settles.html#storylink=cpy

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