Proposition 1B would have mandated supplemental payments of $9.3 billion to schools and community colleges.
The contract had been debated by union members, many of whom argued that the early retirees were entitled to receive 100 percent of the supplemental payments.
(This does not include supplemental payments such as Rent Assistance.)
Their unemployment and supplemental payments are all set up, and they like getting time off.
Moreover, when beneficiaries retire, they are typically covered first by Medicare, and the federal benefits program merely provides supplemental payments.
In some states, supplemental payments are made by the state, increasing the cash assistance available through SSI.
Marsinah was serving as a negotiator for 500 workers striking over supplemental payments for food and transportation.
In 1988, Chrysler had set aside little money for supplemental payments.
He also said the bill would remove the need for supplemental payments every year, which he called "a bad fiscal habit."
In the 1950's the U.A.W. became the first large union to win supplemental payments in temporary layoffs.