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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The union representing California’s prison guards said Monday that it was starting a recall attempt against Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who took office after the previous governor was recalled in 2003.
Mike Jimenez, president of the 30,000-member California Correctional Peace Officers Association, said the union was seeking the recall vote because its members have gone two years without a new contract and because Schwarzenegger didn’t exempt its members from an executive order intended to reduce pay for tens of thousands of state employees to deal with the state’s budget crisis.
The governor said the recall attempt is just a tactic to increase wages for the union.
