What will we do with no city services?

Audrey Cooper

About 1,000 city employees will be laid off this summer, the mayor's office announced this evening. The announcement comes after members of SEIU 1021 -- which covers more than 11,000 city workers like...

1,000 city employees to lose their jobs

1,000 city employees to lose their jobs

About 1,000 city employees will be laid off this summer, the mayor's office announced this evening.

The announcement comes after members of SEIU 1021 -- which covers more than 11,000 city workers like janitors, security guards and health care workers -- rejected changes to their contract that would have saved the city $38 million in the 2009-10 fiscal year that starts July 1.

The mayor's office said 288 workers would be out of a job May 22. Another 700 or so would be given pink slips by the end of the month and lose their jobs by the end of July.

We broke the story on how this all came about. Read it here and check out the latest on the layoff announcement in Saturday's paper.

Posted By: Audrey Cooper (Email) | May 15 2009 at 05:52 PM

But the city is hiring managers. What do managers do? They manage. But who do they manage? Does this mean they will manage outsourced labor? Is this like a move toward privatization of city services??

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