December 16, 2008
Layoffs or givebacks?
Governor David Paterson, who will propose his budget later today, wants to wrest concessions from state employee unions to avoid the need for layoffs, according to a published report.
The Times Union says Paterson would trim 3,000 employees from the workforce through attrition and layoffs.
One source familiar with the plan said as many as 600 layoffs will be necessary for Paterson to achieve his goal, about 100 of those from merging the Department of Economic Development and the New York State Office of Science, Technology & Academic Research with Empire State Development Corp.
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But he will continue to urge public labor organizations to agree to concessions to avoid broad layoffs. The givebacks range from lagging a week's pay to forfeiting a negotiated raise, measures that union leaders assailed when they were brought up by Paterson a few weeks ago. The governor is expected to work to blunt the workforce reductions if the concessions are approved.
The story, quoting an unnamed source, says the governor also wants to create a new pension tier for newly hired state and local government employees. Details will be available later today.
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