State workers’ say their lower salaries than the private sector were offset by pensions, better benefits, job security. Is the tradeoff still worth it? 📝: JeanneKuang
Tammy Rodriguez, 52, an employee with the state Department of Motor Vehicles in San Luis Obispo. Rodriguez has 27 years of state service, including five years in San Luis Obispo. June 5, 2023. Photo by Julie Leopo for CalMattersState workers say their lower than private sector salaries were offset by pensions, better benefits, job security. Is the tradeoff still worth it?
Now, at 52, she’s feeling less financially stable. The $2,100 monthly rent she pays for the home she and her teenage daughter share eats up half her earnings at the DMV in San Luis Obispo. Halfway through each month, she takes stock of their expenses and budgets to ensure she can afford gas for her 30-mile daily commute.
Rodriguez is active in Local 1000, which represents nearly 100,000 state government employees, from administrative staff to janitors to health care workers. Their current contracts expire at the end of June.Theirs are not the only labor demands the state has to contend with as Gov. Gavin Newsom and lawmakers seek to close a $31.5 billion hole in the budget.
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