Phila. School District sends 1,400 layoff notices to blue-collar union

Looks like the union haves are willing to sell out the have nots. Meaning those who didn't get the notices seem unwilling to compromise their benies to save them.

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Spokesman Fernando Gallard said the new 32BJ layoffs, which he characterized as a "difficult decision," were necessary because the union's members rejected a contract extension that contained $16 million in concessions to the district. "As a result of this rejected agreement, there remains a budget gap that the district must close this year, and the district now anticipates it will face significant budget challenges in the coming years," Gallard said in a statement. "The district is now forced to take other steps to achieve needed savings and to keep all of its options open regarding staffing in future years."

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The average 32BJ worker is paid $18.43 an hour, less than $40,000 a year. But the benefits are good; if the layoffs go through, presumably the district could contract out services. Members say they help keep schools running, and that contract workers could not perform all the jobs they do. The union has "been decimated" in the past few years, president George Ricchezza has said, with layoffs chipping away at its ranks.

http://www.philly.com/philly/educati...mpid=125219969

Don't know if the concessions include dumping collective bargaining, but I would suspect they do because otherwise the situation will only be repeated.

That aside, the unions lost in WI and they need to loose in Philly and in every community they're bleeding dry with their selfish and unrealistic demands.

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Source: http://www.politicalforum.com/current-events/225102-phila-school-district-sends-1-400-layoff-notices-blue-collar-union-new-post.html

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