At 5:04 pm Feb. 8, members of the SEIU State Employees delegation who were planning to attend the hearing on the proposed 5% pay cut were advised that the hearing scheduled for Feb. 9 has been cancelled.

"When the oral proceeding is rescheduled, a Notice of Oral Proceeding on Proposed Rulemaking will be published at least 30 days in advance in the Arizona Administrative Register," said the email from Christine Bronson, Employee Relations Manager with the Arizona Department of Administration.

However, your comments will still be delivered to the Employee Relations Department at ADOA.  To date, we have received more than 125 comments that clearly articulate the damage a 5% pay cut will do to state employees at work and at home.

If you haven't had your say yet, Click here to voice your concerns.

The SEIU State Employee delegation will stay in touch with ADOA and if/when another hearing on the pay cut is scheduled, we'll let you know.  And we will continue to advocate for furloughs as an alternative to pay cuts if state employees are called on again to sacrifice even more to balance the state budget.