7/29/09 PECG Joint Section Meeting - Pictures
On Wednesday, July 29, 2009, PECG held its annual Joint Section Meeting at the Tsakopoulos Library Galleria. There are 17 sections in PECG, and the meeting included members from Sections 13-15: Capitol, River City, and Fort Sutter, respectively.
The first speaker was Mark Sheahan, PECG Corporate President, who welcomed the members in attendance and gave an optimistic look for PECG next year.
The second speaker was Bruce Blanning, PECG Executive Director, who spoke about furloughs, supervisor raises, outsourcing, FED-PAC, and continuation of bargaining.
The keynote speaker was the Honorable John Chiang, California State Controller, who spoke about the state budget and furloughs. Chiang also mentioned that while we all need to sacrifice and do our part to help, he supports the right of state employees to negotiate in good faith bargaining rather than imposed punishment.
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