June 3, 2011Follow us on: Quick QuizTrue or false?
Pensions are among the top 3 costs of state government. Scroll down to end of the email to see the answer. Mark the Date 521 Budget & Finance Committee 521 Full Executive Board AFRAM APALA COPE Latino Caucus People Working with Disabilities Region 1 Region 4 Region 5 Region 6 Stand Up for CA Social and Economic Justice Women’s Caucus 521 in the news |
Same union, new look!SEIU Local 521 has migrated in the virtual world of the Internet. Same address: www.seiu521.org, but new look. We hope you find it’s sleeker, easier to navigate, and better for finding stuff. It’s also meant to be more interactive; at the bottom of many articles, members can post comments and share ideas. Tip: For news specific to your chapter, click on the top tab “Go to My Workplace.” Have ideas of features you’d like to see added to make the website more useful or interesting? Email us at communications@seiu521.org Start navigating and enjoy! Food for All is a ton-and-a-half of success!
So members collected more than 1.5 tons of food, plus a pile of cash, to help restock food bank pantries. The food and money collected will provide more than 7,000 meals to children and families across a half-dozen counties, from Monterey to Kern. For more information, click here: Video highlights of the food drive can be viewed here: Services on life support, need existing revenue
That’s why we’ve joined thousands in the Stand Up for California campaign. Our shared goal is to maintain the existing revenues that are necessary to save services and protect jobs. Many diverse voices across the state – seniors, business owners, law enforcement officials and others – have put aside their differences to join in this effort to help close the budget gap and move our recovery forward. SEIU 521 members are reaching out to constituents of key Republican legislators and urging them to tell their legislators: No more cuts. Will you protect jobs and services? Sign up for a phonebanking shift today: http://www.seiu521.org/2011/phone-banks Read more: http://521.seiu.org/cabudget Quick QuizTrue or false?
Pensions are among the top 3 costs of state government. Answer: False Forty-one percent of the state general fund budget is earmarked for public education, 12 percent for higher education, and 10 percent for corrections. The cost of pensions is about 3 percent of total state spending. [Source: CalPERS] |
