https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/07/16/coronavirus-santa-clara-county-clerks-union-hit-with-layoffs-as-courts-pick-back-up/

SAN JOSE — With Santa Clara County courts phasing up operations after largely shuttering during the first two months of the COVID-19 pandemic, more than 50 court employees are facing layoffs as the system grapples with its portion of the state’s virus-fueled budget deficit.

It has prompted leadership in the Superior Court Professional Employees Association to cry foul over not being offered the same layoff protections extended to their peer unions in the county court system. The union represents about 380 court clerks, assorted specialists and investigators, and janitors, and accounts for more than half of the court’s total staffing.