On the contentious topic of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s return-to-office order, there are some who say state workers should stop complaining about being asked to come back to offices. They should have to deal with the headaches of working in person like so many others are required to do.
“While most Americans returned to the office years ago, government workers are fighting to maintain their special treatment,” the Washington Post editorial board wrote earlier this month in an editorial about California state workers’ telework fight.
But according to state employees, these attitudes flatten the debate around telework and how it has improved working conditions for civil service workers while their wage growth has lagged amid rising costs of living in California…