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Layoff notices starting Most layoffs are based on seniority within job classifications, Jolley said, and for members of all but a few bargaining units it's seniority with state government that counts, not just the agency an employee works for now. For the unions representing prison correctional officers, California Highway Patrol officers and engineers, seniority counts only for time in jobs covered by those bargaining units. Doug McConkie, a staff services manager for the Industrial Welfare Commission, said layoffs are just part of the story. He has not received a surplus notice, and with 28 years of state service, he's not too worried about getting laid off. But under his union's contract, he was to receive a $231-a-month raise in July. That was promised, he said, in exchange for employees agreeing to pay $184 a month the state had been paying into their retirement fund. But the state is asking employees to forgo the salary increase and keep paying into their retirement funds. "That's about a 15 percent pay cut," McConkie said. "And that's what's so frustrating. Most state workers are tired of the fact our politicians keep getting us into these binds, and then a disproportionate share of the solution comes off state employees."
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- About the Writer --------------------------- The Bee's Gary Delsohn can be reached at (916) 326-5545 or gdelsohn@sacbee.com.
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