Court: Unpaid days off OK because contract had comma in right place

A judge ruled against the Washington Federation of State Employees on Friday, finding it was legal for the Legislature to require 10 unpaid furlough days last year for more than 24,000 workers.

The 10 furlough dates, the last of which is June 10, are expected to save $73.3 million and were one piece of legislative action meant to plug last year’s multibillion-dollar budget gap.