California IN BRIEF : SACRAMENTO : Pay Cut Rejected by State Workers

Members of the California State Employees Assn. voted Wednesday to reject a pay cut proposed by Gov. Pete Wilson and authorized union leaders to call a strike. With about half of the 23,000 ballots counted, about 94% favored rejecting Wilson’s budget-balancing proposal, said CSEA spokeswoman Pat McConahay. Despite the lopsided vote, union officials said no strike was imminent, no date for a walkout was set and negotiations to resolve differences would continue. Wilson has proposed cutting pay by 5% and shifting some health costs to employees.