California Prison Guards Go To Las Vegas Union Convention On The Taxpayers

The Sacramento Bee reports:

The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation has set aside about $350,000 to pay several hundred corrections officers while they attend their union's annual convention later this month in Las Vegas.

The arrangement with the California Correctional Peace Officers Association is unique among the state's collective bargaining agreements. Up to 10 rank-and-file employees from each of the state's 37 correctional facilities may claim three days of what's called activist release time while they attend the Aug. 16-19 convention. This means that the state will pay them for those days without getting reimbursement from the union. A department spokesman was unable to provide an exact cost figure because it's still unclear which employees will attend.

A look at California's upper class. They sure are special.