‘Everything On The Table’ To Close Cook County’s $220 Million Budget Gap – WBEZ (Chicago)

County budget officials warn that more layoffs are likely if expenditures continue to outpace revenues. Many of those furloughs will be at the discretion of department heads as they prepare next year’s budget.
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Flash413
3 years ago

From the article. . .”some furloughs of county non-union workers,”
Is that intended to imply that union workers are exempt from being furloughed during the budget crisis?

nixit
3 years ago

I’ve read some furloughs aren’t really furloughs at all. They’re replacing days worked now with PTO days in the future. In other words, these cuts aren’t really cuts as the furloughed employees will get that money back in the future. Anyone else know how furloughs worked?

Last edited 3 years ago by nixit
Bill
3 years ago

Yep.

There’s plenty on the table but it seems that there are fewer and fewer people willing to hang around to pay the tab…

debtsor
3 years ago

Cut cut cut.

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