Los Angeles Unified School District is facing up to 7,300 layoffs in the coming weeks as the board looks to close a $408 million budget gap. The board has already sent out a massive amount of notices, notifying around 5,100 teachers and 2,200 administrators that they could lose their jobs on June 30th should no [...]
Continue reading...Monday, February 14, 2011
The Dallas Independent School District will undergo an astounding number of layoffs this year. According to the district, up to 3,100 on-campus employees and teachers, as well as 800 off-campus employees, could be affected by the mass layoffs. Texas is facing a massive budget gap of over $15 billion, thus education will be struck hard [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Hamilton County is New Jersey’s largest municipality and it’s facing a budget gap of $2.4 million. After negotiating with the relevant unions who refused to make any concessions, the Township Administrator laid out a plan that includes laying off 41 employees, 32 of whom are full time. The cuts include 13 police officers, 14 Teamster [...]
Continue reading...Friday, January 21, 2011
Like most counties in California, Merced County is facing a tough budget gap that will require it to make some mass layoffs. Around 150 jobs are expected to be cut in Merced County in the face of an $18 million deficit. The 150 jobs will be comprised of layoffs and vacancies. One job that is [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, January 20, 2011
While there have been conflicting reports on an exact number, one thing seems likely: New York Governor Andrew Cuomo will be cutting thousands of state employees. The state is currently facing a $9 billion budget gap, and some speculators, such as the International Business Times, are saying that the state may be forced to lay [...]
Continue reading...Friday, November 5, 2010
Indianapolis branch libraries are laying off a total of 37 employees in anticipation to a budget gap of $4 million next year. “I want to express how difficult this decision has been during a time of tremendous financial stress facing the library,” said the library’s chief executive officer, Laura Bramble. “However, the reality of today’s [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, October 19, 2010
In a town already riddled with layoffs from the local auto industry, Flint, Michigan is now facing a $5 million budget gap for the year that will result in immediate tax increases, and potentially, layoffs. The police and fire departments are hanging in the balance as Flint officials attempt to balance the budget without laying [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, October 16, 2010
Bay County, Michigan may be looking to layoffs to relieve a $1.3 million budget gap. County officials are saying that the county’s largest departments will likely have to make layoffs amongst other cuts in order to close the gap. Tom Hickner, the County Executive, told The Bay City Times that the county would not be [...]
Continue reading...Friday, August 20, 2010
North Miami Beach is facing $4 million budget gap and up to 194 city employees may be affected. City Manager Kelvin Baker has offered up another proposal that he says would help fill the gap. Baker’s proposal, if passed, would constitute 10% salary reduction for all city employees as well as 10 furlough days. Baker [...]
Continue reading...Friday, April 23, 2010
The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority’s has a budget gap of $189 million for the 2011 fiscal year. Fare increases, service cuts, and staff reductions have been proposed by Metro Interim General Manager Richard Sarles. Sarles has also proposed cutting 313 Metro jobs, including positions in the offices of the system’s chief financial officer, communications, [...]
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