Saddleback school district imposes 13.5% pay cut
August 31, 2010 Filed in: Budget & Finance
| Teachers
Scott Martindale, The Orange County Register
The Saddleback Valley
Unified School District unilaterally imposed an average 13.5
percent pay cut on all of its non-teaching, classified employees
Tuesday, after nearly a year of failed contract negotiations with
union leaders. All 1,286 district employees who are members of the
California School Employees Association union will take a 2.8
percent salary cut, 10 to 15 mandatory days of unpaid leave,
freezes to their longevity raises and increased costs for health
insurance. The two-year plan, retroactive to July 1, was approved
in a unanimous school board vote...