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torchbearer
04-14-2011, 09:43 PM
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/15/us-detroit-layoffs-idUSTRE73E0HG20110415



CHICAGO | Thu Apr 14, 2011 10:38pm EDT

CHICAGO (Reuters) - The emergency manager appointed to put Detroit's troubled public school system on a firmer financial footing said on Thursday he was sending layoff notices to all of the district's 5,466 unionized employees.

more at the link above.

acptulsa
04-14-2011, 09:46 PM
In this case, the union requires them to terrorize their whole workforce. Interesting.

cindy25
04-14-2011, 09:57 PM
just a tactic ; they won't close the public school system

angelatc
04-14-2011, 10:54 PM
Bobb is doing about as much as he can with so little to work with.

HOLLYWOOD
04-14-2011, 11:14 PM
Meanwhile in Detroit... government graft/fraud, their city council budget has over doubled in the past 5 years, from $6.2 to $13.2 Million What a mess... the government AFSCME union workers wanta strike? It's out of control.

Detroit city council votes to increase top pay for city Water Department director by $100K to Nearly $250K
http://news.michiganradio.org/post/detroit-city-council-votes-increase-top-pay-city-water-department-director

then...
Councilwoman JoAnn Watson (http://www.detroitmi.gov/CityCouncilPresidentProTemporeJoAnnWatson/tabid/2518/Default.aspx) voted against the salary cap increase. Watson says, since the council just approved a 9% water fee increase, now is not the time to approve a pay hike for the head of the water department.2006: Pressure mounting to curb Detroit Council's $6.2M Budget 9% Increase from 2005 http://detnews.com/article/20090522/METRO/905220393/Pressure-mounting-to-curb-Detroit-Council-s-$6.2M-budget#ixzz1JYsHI3ae

2010 Detroit City Council Budget: $13,232,197 = $1,470,244 per Council Member
http://www.pewtrusts.org/uploadedFiles/wwwpewtrustsorg/Reports/Philadelphia_Research_Initiative/City_Council_Philadelphia_Major_cities.pdf

Crains Detroit Business reports:
The Detroit City Councilhas approved 2010-2011 contracts and raises that will pay some administrator staffers as much as $90,000 base salary, while running a $85 million budget deficit.Detroit Mayor Dave Bing: Balance the Budget or Face a State Takeover


http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/dpp/news/local/detroit-mayor-bing%3A-$200m-in-savings-to-balance-budget-20110412-mr


Detroit's current $155 million budget deficit could swell to $1.2 billion by fiscal year 2015 if the city fails to reduce its payments to two city pensions, rein in health care expenses for employees and retirees, in addition to other cost savings. March 18, 2010
AFSCME Workers threaten to shut Detroit at hearing
Council panel told cuts unacceptable
Detroit Free Press

Chants of "Strike! Strike! Strike!" rose from the crowd of City of Detroit workers Wednesday as members of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) filled the 13th floor auditorium in the Coleman A. Young Municipal Building to address the City Council.
"We have no choice but to shut the city down this time because we are not going to take these concessions," said Michael Mulholland, AFSCME Local 207 secretary-treasurer, halfway through a public hearing hosted by the City Council's Internal Operations Committee...
See FULL STORY (http://www.afscme207.com/doc/2010/update100318-2.htm)