A recent blog post from the Stockton City Employees’ Association, the city’s largest union (by members, not dollars) sets the stage for upcoming labor negotiations. An excerpt:
There is a growing sentiment among many SCEA members that they can’t concede much more and still pay for housing, buy groceries, pay their utility bills, and put gas in the tank. Although SCEA is the City’s largest labor organization, SCEA workers – on average - receive lower wages than other employees in classified service. And because 56% of employee costs for SCEA members are paid out of enterprise or other funds rather than the City’s general fund, every dollar lost out of a SCEA represented employee’s pay saves the general fund only 44 cents. The majority of SCEA workers are paid from the funds and fees generated from their work in public service.
