For 15 minutes — the length of a union-contracted break — employees of California’s Department of Education stood outside the agency’s headquarters Tuesday morning, voicing their frustration over the state superintendent’s decision to follow Gov. Gavin Newsom’s return-to-office order .
“It’s been a real win for us,” Ian Cambridge, a consultant with CDE, said of telework.
As an elected constitutional officer, State Superintendent Tony Thurmond has the authority to establish hybrid working conditions independent of the governor. Cambridge and his colleagues hope to convince Thurmond to change course on telework and maintain the current two days in-office policy…