Judge asked to block furloughs for all state employees
Within the next few weeks, our legal team will be in several court venues fighting furloughs in both General Fund and non-General Fund agencies.Our attorneys will be in Alameda County Superior Court on Aug. 9 seeking a temporary restraining order (TRO) to immediately block furloughs for all Local 1000 members, regardless of funding source.
This legal challenge is in addition to our filing, last week, to add the governor's latest furlough order to the lawsuit, in which we successfully challenged furloughs in non-General Fund agencies, and to add it to our claim for workers on self-directed furloughs.
"At least one of our theories that we've alleged in our complaints says the furloughs are illegal no matter where you work," said Local 1000 attorney Felix De La Torre. "Our litigation has non-General Fund components, but we are asking the court to stay the executive order as it applies to all state employees."
If granted, the temporary restraining order would freeze the furloughs for all state workers for 15 days; then the court would decide whether to extend or remove the TRO.
Our legal department has a team of veteran attorneys working exclusively to overturn furloughs for all employees in General Fund and non-General Fund agencies. They are currently involved in eight legal challenges to the governor's furlough orders.
Oral arguments will begin in the Supreme Court, on Sept. 8, on our original furlough challenge. In this case, the Supreme Court justices will make a final decision on whether the Executive Branch of state government has the authority to furlough any state workers.
Our legal team is still looking for members who can provide the court with details of how they and/or their families will be harmed by the governor's new furlough order. Your declarations will be used to support our new legal challenge and can be emailed to hardship@seiu1000.org.
You can read about each of these lawsuits here >>
"At least one of our theories that we've alleged in our complaints says the furloughs are illegal no matter where you work," said Local 1000 attorney Felix De La Torre. "Our litigation has non-General Fund components, but we are asking the court to stay the executive order as it applies to all state employees."
If granted, the temporary restraining order would freeze the furloughs for all state workers for 15 days; then the court would decide whether to extend or remove the TRO.
Our legal department has a team of veteran attorneys working exclusively to overturn furloughs for all employees in General Fund and non-General Fund agencies. They are currently involved in eight legal challenges to the governor's furlough orders.
Oral arguments will begin in the Supreme Court, on Sept. 8, on our original furlough challenge. In this case, the Supreme Court justices will make a final decision on whether the Executive Branch of state government has the authority to furlough any state workers.
Our legal team is still looking for members who can provide the court with details of how they and/or their families will be harmed by the governor's new furlough order. Your declarations will be used to support our new legal challenge and can be emailed to hardship@seiu1000.org.
You can read about each of these lawsuits here >>