The 7-MEMBER CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT IS EXPECTED TO RULE ON WHETHER GOVERNOR ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER HAS THE AUTHORITY TO FURLOUGH MORE THAN 200-THOUSAND STATE WORKERS, (TO SAVE THE STATE SOME MONEY. BECAUSE THE FURLOUGHS CALL FOR A SHORT WORK-WEEK AND A 14 PERCENT REDUCTION IN PAY REDUCED, the STATE COMPTROLLER SAY IT VIOLATES CALIFORNIA’S COLLECTIVE BARGAINING LAW AND THE 40-HOUR WORK WEEK. A STATE ATTORNEY HAS ARGUED THAT THE GOVERNOR HAS THE “IMPLIED AND INHERENT” AUTHORITY TO MAKE CHANGES…WHEN the STATE FACES A CASH CRISIS.
