Assembly Speaker John A. Pérez backed down Tuesday from a threat to furlough the entire staff of Democratic Assemblyman Anthony Portantino.

San Francisco's 1st District Court of Appeal on Monday reversed a lower court's ruling on furloughs, dealing another setback to state labor unions' efforts to claw back millions of dollars in pay their members lost.
Against the backdrop of difficult contract talks, five state worker labor unions have asked a judge to order Gov. Jerry Brown to stop what they say are illegal three-day-per-month furloughs.
After two years of furloughs and frustration, the fallout from state worker pay cuts is stark and tangible.

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