Hundreds of California student assistants will lose their jobs as the school year begins as part of a cost-cutting deal between the state and its largest public employees union. With California facing a deep budget deficit, 1,600 state student assistant positions will be eliminated in September, The Sacramento Bee (http://bit.ly/SQ9F7F) reported Monday. The move is part of a deal between Gov. Jerry Brown, a Democrat, and the Service Employees International Union Local 1000, which represents 95,000 state workers. State workers will also take 12 furlough days before the end of June as part of the deal.
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