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...Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Massachusetts has been cutting jobs all year in an effort to make up for its budget deficits. So far this year, 1620 jobs have been cut, with 726 of those coming as layoffs. 129 of those layoffs came during the most recent pay period. The state still has a $600 million [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, October 11, 2009
Massachusetts’ Lieutenant Governor Timothy P. Murray cautioned on Friday that layoffs of state employees would be announced next week. “There will be layoffs that will occur,” Murray said after an hour long meeting with mayors from across the state. He did not go into specifics. Governor Deval Patrick was at the meeting on Beacon Hill along with [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, October 4, 2009
Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick announced on Friday morning that layoffs would occur among state jobs after September tax revenues came in at over $240 million below estimates, placing the state in another fiscal crisis. “Today’s news means we have more work to do,” said the governor. Patrick has already made $7 billion in cuts and slashed 1,400 state [...]
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Thursday, October 29, 2009
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