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| Calif. Prison Officers May Get Raise Windfall |
| By Los Angeles Times |
| Published: 04/14/2003 |
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California prison officers stand to receive a raise of as much as 7% on July 1, twice what negotiators for Gov. Gray Davis estimated when the governor agreed to a new contract last year. The cost -- $67 million more than anticipated -- comes as the state struggles with a budget shortfall of as much as $35 billion, and as Davis calls on all state workers to accept deep pay cuts. The contract, struck as Davis entered his reelection campaign, has stirred criticism in part because the prison officers union is one of the state's largest campaign contributors, and because some contract provisions have already shown unintended and expensive consequences. For example, state negotiators agreed to liberalize prison sick leave policy in a way that prompted officers to call in ill 500,000 more hours in 2002 than in 2001, a 27% increase that brought an extra cost of $36 million this year and next. The increased sick leave, in turn, helped drive up prison overtime costs, as officers logged 100,000 more overtime hours in 2002 than in 2001. The overall raise in the five-year contract that ends in 2006 has been estimated at 34% to 37%. Davis administration officials say the exact size of the July raise won't be known for some time, but they hope to head off some of the increase by renegotiating with union leaders. Union officials, however, say they don't intend to budge. 'Union leaders who advocate pay cuts don't last long,' said Mike Jimenez, president of the California Correctional Peace Officers Assn. Noting that prison officers have a contract and the state is obligated to abide by it, Jimenez said: 'The state negotiated in good faith, and, yes, the state could pay for it.' The union initially expected its roughly 26,000 members to receive a scheduled July 1 raise of about 4%. The Department of Personnel Administration, which negotiated the deal on behalf of the governor, estimated the raise would be 3.53%. |
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