The union representing about 14,000 state engineers announced a deal that would delay Newsom's order that they return to work four days a week for one year. It was supposed to take effect July 1.
Workers represented by the union will get a 3% raise next week, but it will be offset by mandatory unpaid time off that would basically negate the pay increase for two years. Additional raises will take effect in 2027. That's similar to the terms of a deal Newsom made last week with the union representing state prison guards.
Governors often grant similar perks to different labor organizations, and that history suggests many other state workers could get a one-year reprieve from the full return-to-office mandate.
Newsom brought public employees back to the office twice a week last year, and ordered a bigger move to four-days-a-week in May.
The engineers union was one of several that contested Newsom's mandate, including filing a lawsuit against the governor in Sacramento Superior Court. The union agreed to drop the lawsuit in its new agreement with Newsom.
"This is pretty bewildering," Democratic Assemblyman Matt Haney of San Francisco said at the May hearing. "So is this, is this supposed to go into effect for everyone on July 1st and that everybody would be expected to come back four days on that day?"
Contracts for five more public employee unions are scheduled to expire next week. The largest labor organization in state government, Service Employees International Union Local 1000, announced that it filed a legal challenge over the return to office mandate last week. It represents about 100,000 workers.
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