SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION v. SCHWARZENEGGER
<script src="http://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js" type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript"> _uacct = "UA-1698443-1"; urchinTracker(); </script> <html ><br /> <head><br /> <title>SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION v</title><br /> </head><br /> <body bgcolor=white><br /> <div><br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/><b<br /> >SERVICE<br /> EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL </b><b >UNION</b><b<br /> > v.<br /> SCHWARZENEGGER</b><br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/>Filed 6/11/10;<br /> part. pub. order 7/12/10<br /> (see end of opn.)<br /> <br/><b<br /> > </b><br /> <br/><b<br /> > </b><br /> <br/><b<br /> > </b><br /> <br/><b<br /> > </b><br /> <br/><b<br /> > </b><br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/>IN<br /> THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA<br /> <br/> <br /> <br/>FIRST<br /> APPELLATE DISTRICT<br /> <br/> <br /> <br/>DIVISION<br /> TWO<br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0<br /> ><br /> <tr ><br /> <td width=319 valign=top ><br /> <br/>SERVICE<br /> EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION, LOCAL 1000 et al.,<br /> <br/> Plaintiffs and Respondents,<br /> <br/>v.<br /> <br/>ARNOLD<br /> SCHWARZENEGGER et al.,<br /> <br/> Defendants and Appellants,<br /> <br/>___________________________________<br /> <br/>And related<br /> Cross-Complaint.<br /> </td><br /> <td width=319 valign=top ><br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> A126525<br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> (San<br /> Francisco County<br /> <br/> Super. Ct.<br /> No. CPF-09-509-580)<br /> <br/> <br /> </td><br /> </tr><br /> </table><br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> This litigation was<br /> initiated by the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and a number of<br /> SEIU members on behalf of nine bargaining units of employees of the State<br /> Compensation Insurance Fund (State Fund) against the Governor and the Director<br /> of the Department of Personnel Administration (Director). The object of the litigation was to halt the<br /> mandatory imposition of furlough on State Fund employees for two days per month<br /> in accordance with the Governor's Executive Order S-16-08. Janet Frank, the President of the State Fund,<br /> was originally named as a defendant by SEIU, but she subsequently filed a<br /> cross-complaint for the same relief as against the Governor's Executive Order<br /> S-13-09, which mandated a third furlough day per month. [1] <br /> <br/> On September 24, 2009, Judge Charlotte Woolard of the San Francisco<br /> Superior Court entered a judgment issuing a writ of mandate and a permanent<br /> injunction halting the practice of mandatory furlough days for State Fund<br /> employees represented by the SEIU. The<br /> judgment also ordered the Controller â€