Members Mobilize to Save Services Slashed in 2010 Budget

Governor Schwarzenegger begins his last year in office by putting forth an $82.9 billion budget with nearly $3 billion in cuts to health and human services, and salary cuts for our members who work for the state. AFSCME Council 57 members are the providers of essential services to the public , but the state is cutting our programs to the quick. Summaries by the California Budget Project and the California Labor Federation offer a glimpse at the depth of misery the Governor proposes, due to his unwillingness to raise revenues to remedy the shortfall.