Last week marked the fifth anniversary of the (long overdue) lifting of most COVID restrictions in California. After years of delay, Newsom finally ordered 108,000 state workers back to their offices for four days a week starting July 1 of this year.

The reaction has been highly indignant.

SEIU Local 1000, the state’s largest employee union, has warned the mandate could spark a “mass exodus” of state workers if enforced.

What’s even more humorous is the latest spin from the unions that having more state workers actually on the job and working will mean worse traffic congestion for private sector workers who DO show up for work. If you don’t believe us, here’s the billboard erected in Sacramento.

Here’s a common sense policy that most other states have adopted: if you don’t show up to work you’re fired. Welcome to the real world.