Albany, NY - Governor Planning At Least 1,000 State Layoffs |
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Albany, NY - New York’s governor says he’s planning for at least 1,000 layoffs to contend with a fiscal crisis after public employee unions refused to provide concessions.
Gov. David Paterson made the comments Thursday on WSYR-AM in Syracuse. It’s the first time he’s specified how many layoffs he plans to issue before the end of the calendar year.
The public unions have refused his offers of delaying a few days’ pay and suspending 4-percent annual raises to avoid job losses, saying they have binding contracts and the state should cut wasteful spending before people.
The Civil Service Employees Association and the Public Employees Federation unions argue that Paterson is bound by his previous pledge not to lay off state workers until at least Jan. 1.
New York has nearly 200,000 state employees, most of them represented by unions.
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Jul 30, 2010 at 11:35 AM Anonymous Says:Report as Inappropriate
Good for you Governor Patterson, stick to your guns. I'm sorry that so many have to be laid off but those unions haven't done their members any favors by refusing to compromise in the midst of this miserable economy. The tax burden is already too great for the average citizen, we can't handle more.
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Jul 30, 2010 at 12:34 PM The_Truth Says:Report as Inappropriate
First thing to do, is abolish the unions. They are creating a misery of all the government positive actions to cut spending and continue to cause a waste & increase of our taxes.