https://www.ourvalleyvoice.com/2014/09/04/county-file-unfair-labor-practices-charge-seiu/ In-depth, locally-produced coverage of the Central Valley. Thu, 23 Apr 2026 19:43:55 -0700 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.ourvalleyvoice.com/2014/09/04/county-file-unfair-labor-practices-charge-seiu/#comment-738 Jim Reeves Tue, 09 Sep 2014 04:04:44 +0000 http://www.ourvalleyvoice.com/?p=13401#comment-738 “This is all the thanks we get for successfully pulling the county out of the Great Recession?" And just how did you do that, Administrator Rousseau? For someone who's wage and benefit package in 2013 totaled over $232,000 you don't seem to realize it was the county employees (the ones not laid off) that actually got the County through the recession (with no raises for 8 years). From what I heard from people in the room during negotiations, it sounds like the County is accusing SEIU of everything THEY did! Of course, the greatest crime of all is the county employees having the nerve to exercise their constitutional rights. Perhaps the County needs to be reminded that we don't lose those right just because we become employed by the county. “This is all the thanks we get for successfully pulling the county out of the Great Recession?” And just how did you do that, Administrator Rousseau? For someone who’s wage and benefit package in 2013 totaled over $232,000 you don’t seem to realize it was the county employees (the ones not laid off) that actually got the County through the recession (with no raises for 8 years). From what I heard from people in the room during negotiations, it sounds like the County is accusing SEIU of everything THEY did! Of course, the greatest crime of all is the county employees having the nerve to exercise their constitutional rights. Perhaps the County needs to be reminded that we don’t lose those right just because we become employed by the county.

]]>