500 employees will lose their jobs in the Jordan School district, located in the Salt Lake City region of Utah. 250 of these staff cuts will be teachers and the school district will increase class sizes to compensate for the loss of teachers. The district is facing an estimated $30 million budget shortfall in the [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, January 14, 2010
Indiana is cutting its budget for higher education by $150 million due to a shortfall in state tax revenues. As a result, the president of Indiana State University says that anywhere from 80 to 100 non teaching jobs will have to be cut to shave $5 million off of the school’s operating costs. [...]
Continue reading...Friday, December 4, 2009
The city of Las Vegas is asking its employees to take an 8% pay cut for the next to years or risk wide spread layoffs. 90% of city employees are represented by four unions, who have received a letter from the City Manager asking them accept the pay cuts along with the elimination of [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, October 29, 2009
Governor Deval Patrick of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is cutting another 1000 state jobs and says an additional 1000 jobs may be in jeopardy if the unions won’t make some concessions. Massachusetts is struggling to close a $600 million gap in their budget this year. Patrick wants the unions to agree to nine unpaid furlough [...]
Continue reading...Monday, February 23, 2009
Vermont State Employees Association Director Jes Kraus says the union has a plan to help the state deal with the budget deficit without eliminating hundreds of jobs. The union’s proposal calls for a one year pay freeze with no cost of living adjustment for two years. There would also be savings in a wellness program, meal and [...]
Continue reading...Friday, February 20, 2009
Workers employed by the city of New Haven, Connecticut are bracing for layoffs after a majority of the city’s unions have failed to reach agreements on concessions. City officials say they are preparing to cut 241 jobs, of which 166 are currently filled. The planned cuts are intended to balance the city’s 2009-2010 budget. The city asked [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, February 11, 2009
The City of Watsonville, CA is considering budget cuts, new taxes, and layoffs as potential ways to compensate for their expected $3.7 million gap in the budget. Accroding to Finance Director, Marc Pimental, a new tax will surely not be enough to cover the gap. “It’s bigger than a revenue measure,” he said. “Layoffs are possible. Furloughs [...]
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Thursday, February 11, 2010
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