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Some L.A. Unified workers agree to furloughs
- 12-03-2009
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By Jason Song/Los Angeles Times
About 20,000 Los Angeles school district workers have agreed to four unpaid furlough days to help close a large budget gap, officials announced Monday. Two units of Service Employees International Union Local 99 representing cafeteria workers, bus drivers and other employees approved the measure last week by a combined vote of 953 to 234, said Blanca Gallegos, a union spokeswoman. The members will take one furlough day per month from February through May. The move will save about $7.7 million, according to union officials. Earlier this month, district officials asked union members to accept the furlough days and a future 12% pay cut to offset a nearly $60-million budget deficit this year and a $480-million shortfall next year. "By each of us taking on a bit of the hardship it is our goal to prevent more layoffs in the future and ensure that students continue to receive the services they need to learn," said Edward Reed, Local 99's president, in a statement. (more...)
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