From the LVRJ: "Las Vegas city officials should cut deeper into next year's budget, a move that might require additional layoffs, Mayor Oscar Goodman said Wednesday.His directive followed news that members of the Las Vegas City Employees Association, by far the largest of the four city bargaining units, voted against giving wage concessions to the city...City Employees Association President Don King said it's his understanding that more layoffs are possible. The blame for the current situation, though, lies with the city, he said.
"There's very little, if any, trust right now in management," King said. "We don't know what to believe anymore. The rank and file are out there saying, 'The city doesn't care about us.' "
Almost 70 percent of his membership voted against wage concessions because there wasn't a guarantee that the reduction would save jobs, even though Goodman repeated for weeks that the only way to stop layoffs was for workers to agree to less pay.
"That's mixed signals," King said. "The city really needs to take a hard look at what it's doing.""
In reality, the old farts in the union said "screw those just hired, we want our money". Because of this, about 150 employees will lose their jobs. Of course, this means there will be about 150 fewer union employees paying union dues.
Again, it shows where the union stands on issues regarding theCity of Las Vegas. They just stuck up their middle finger and said screw you to the City.
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