California, Texas and payroll of workers of the State

By David Mildenberg and James Nash

California prison guards are two times more than their counterparts in Texas $ — 71 000 per year, compared to $31. The difference is true for workers of the State in General: while in 2009, the average worker of the private sector in California is 12.5% more than in Texas, the disparity between the workers of the State was 25.2%, according to figures from the Ministry of Commerce of. The difference highlights the benefits - and the taxpayer - work in a friendly union of State and may help explain why California has budgetary problems more intractable than Texas. Although Texas has a budget deficit of $ 4.3 billion this year, it has the credit rating of Standard & Poor (MHP) second. California has the lowest rating of any State and is struggling to fill a $ 15.4 billion deficit this year.

The difference in pay of State workers can be explained in part by cost of living California, which is almost 15% higher than in Texas. Yet the power of collective bargaining is even more important, said Oran McMichael, an organizer of long date labor in Texas. Other than the Court and the legislative function, unions represent 85% of all workers in the State of California, said Lynelle Jolley, a spokesman for the staff Administration Dept. the State then that Texas does not have the figures for its employees, trade unions, the proportion is probably less than 10 percent, said State Auditor John keel.

Higher wages mean higher pensions. Retired from the Texas teachers get an average of $18,372 per year, compared to $25,440 for California teachers. Allocation average for the employees of the former State Texas rose 3.9% in the five years through fiscal year 2010; in California he rose 32 percent from 2004 to 2009, according to larger pension in both States.

The contrasting experiences of Texas and California can provide lessons for States such as Ohio, New Jersey and Wisconsin, where Republican Governors have placed emphasis on costs down employment taxes while balancing the budgets of curb. State workers in California and Texas are targeted for cuts, even if the pressure is more intense in the former. Employees state he did not receive an overall increase from 2009 and are now required to take an unpaid day off the coast of every month, explains Jolley.

The salary increase, however, is a more consistent workforce. Turnover rate of 10 percent of the California prison guards is about half the level that it is in Texas. "Our people see their work in a career, not just as something to have until something better comes along," says Ryan Sherman, a spokesman for the California Assn. Correctional of agents of peace in Sacramento.

The bottom line: In California, where more than civil servants are covered by the trade unions, made wages higher than in Texas and a pension burden.

Mildenberg is a reporter for Bloomberg News. Nash is a reporter for Bloomberg News.

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NASA Selects museums in Florida, California, New York and the Smithsonian for the retired space shuttles

Former space shuttle Atlantis are displayed "In Flight" at the Kennedy Space Center visitor complex.
Visitor complex of Kennedy in Florida was the NASA selected a view from three former space shuttle orbiter. A 64,000 square-foot exhibition hall would present the space shuttle, as it appears "In Flight". The new building would be constructed for $100 million from visitor complex of at Kennedy Space Center with private funds. Credit: KSC visitor complex

Today, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden was the winner in the upcoming bidding be space shuttle orbiter retreat home to one of the NASA. Bolden selected the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the California Science Center, the Intrepid Sea, air and Space Museum in New York City and the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, outside Washington, D.C.

Bolden did the announcement during a ceremony at the Kennedy Space Center with the 30th anniversary of the first space shuttle flight. Space shuttle Columbia 12 blasted on the Mission of STS-1 April, 1981. Today also the 50th anniversary is the first manned space flight of cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin on April12, 1961.

Only two shuttle flights remain before space shuttle and the orbiter be that after 30 years of Speceflight and retired 133 mission so far. The last two missions,-STS-134 / STS-135 are planned for end of April and the end of June 2011.

The orbiter will then transferred to their new home, and on display in the NASA hopes that they will inspire the next generation of researchers and engineers. But the word of Bolden and the other speakers mentioned was "bitter" - because today a mixture of grief, that the orbiter will be withdrawn, while still flight worthy and happiness that the program has achieved so much.

Atlantis, to fly the final Shuttle, are displayed at the Kennedy Space Center visitor complex. Kennedy is the natural home of the orbiter and where each shuttle mission in life has launched and where each Shuittle Mission for flight is processed.

Kennedy plans Disiplay shuttle Atlantis as it would be "In Flight". Read my previous story on Kennedy's proposal to present, the orbiter with interactive exhibits and numerous shuttle program artifacts, such as such as the white room and beenie Cap.

Space shuttle Atlantis on pad 39-A at the Kennedy Space Center will be shown at KSC.Atlantis is on the final task of the shuttle fleet in late June 2011 blast off. Credit: Ken Kremer

As expected, was shuttle Discovery of Smithsonian assigned national air
and Space Museum Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Virginia. Discovery is the fisrt of the orbiter be withdrawn and only his last mission STS-133, March 2011

The prototype Orbiter enterprise, which is currently on display at the Smithsonian Institution, are to the East coast of the Intrepid Sea, air & Space Museum in New York City be moved

Space shuttle endeavour go at the California Science Center in Los Angeles, close to the location where all you shuttle orbiter were built. Endeavour will be the only Orbiter display outside the East Coast. Endeavour is for their final flight, mission STS-134, on 29 April start being processed.

The Johnson Space Center is curiously left out all of the Space Shuttle Astronauts and their training facilities.

Space shuttle intrepid. The intrepid is the prototype Orbiter enterprise at Pier 86 on a space shuttle House House. That would in a special building with platforms shuttle guests to give map appear to close. Credit: Intrepid Museum

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