10 Years Ago Today . . .
. . . Three-fourths of the Orange County sheriff’s patrol deputies called in sick after two months of contract negotiations broke down.
Deputies said they hoped the one-day strike would “send a message to the county.” A county spokesman responded: “We are not going to yield to the extortion by the union.”
Source: Times archives
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