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The teachers union alone wants 3 billion in retroactive pay. The NYPD wants 500 million. According to the times, if all unions get all the retroactive pay they want that is between 7 to 8 billion. The city has a 2 billion dollar shortage.
So cost savings would include cut back in services like reduced library hours, increased fees for NYC recreation centers, increased fees and fines for certain other services, layoffs of city staff, cutbacks in social services, etc. As certain people retire certain vacancies won't be filled (closing positions due to attrition). If the unions push for retroactive pay it will come at a heavy price. Bloomberg did not do a mass layoff of NYC employees, but de Blasio will probably be forced too. Oh, and if you live in NYCHA don't even think anything will be repaired or cleaned.
YAY! Unions taking the city hostage again! I already missed the good old Bloomberg years where he will not bargain with them.
How is this taking the city hostage? The point of a contract is that when it expires , you must renew it. If the mayor would have negotiated a new contract when they were due. There would be no reason for retro pay. How is it fair that city employees are supposed to work endlessly with no contract? The purpose is to change the contracts to stay current with cost of living, health policies, etc. So city workers are to just work blindly without a contract and they expect nothing in return when the city makes the call to finally negotiate a new contract. Bloomberg created this mess.
The teachers union alone wants 3 billion in retroactive pay. The NYPD wants 500 million. According to the times, if all unions get all the retroactive pay they want that is between 7 to 8 billion. The city has a 2 billion dollar shortage.
So cost savings would include cut back in services like reduced library hours, increased fees for NYC recreation centers, increased fees and fines for certain other services, layoffs of city staff, cutbacks in social services, etc. As certain people retire certain vacancies won't be filled (closing positions due to attrition). If the unions push for retroactive pay it will come at a heavy price. Bloomberg did not do a mass layoff of NYC employees, but de Blasio will probably be forced too. Oh, and if you live in NYCHA don't even think anything will be repaired or cleaned.
You understand it was Bloomberg's refusal to bargain that created this situation, right?
What situation? Books balanced, nobody on strike. De Blasio should be taking notes
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