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1. States around the country using furloughs and service cuts as common strategy
(U.S./Nation)

... states are also considering furloughs for their workers. By comparison, at least 54,000 state workers have been laid off so far, according to tallies by the National Conference of State Legislatures ...

2. N.J. Legislative committees approve amended $28.6 billion budget
(N.J./State)

... would require the schools to enact furloughs, wage freezes or other cost-savings similar to a plan the Communications Workers of America, the state government's largest public employees union, tentatively ...

3. State to hold public hearings on streamlined N.J. budget Monday
(N.J./State)

... freeze and furloughs for state workers. Democratic lawmakers who control the Legislature are anxious to get the budget behind them, recess for the summer and prepare for the Assembly election campaign ...

4. Furloughs
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

I am a CWA member and COMPLETELY agree. WHY aren't the wealthy being penalized. We need a voice and I am putting my fate on CWA. We live paycheck by paycheck. We earn the same pay as any other worker we ...

5. Motor vehicle offices to remain open Monday, June 15
(N.J./State)

... to take the furlough days before June 30, 2010. The agreement includes a pledge to avoid layoffs through Dec. 31, 2010, and places a moratorium on a recently adopted civil service rule on furloughs pending ...

6. Corzine, major union reach agreement on job furloughs
(N.J./State)

... to avoid layoffs through Dec. 31, 2010, and places a moratorium on a recently adopted civil service rule on furloughs pending further study. "I am pleased we have reached an agreement with CWA ...

7. Part Four: ABC's of why your property taxes are so high
(Opinion/Commentary)

... of their governments, impose furloughs or make cuts in spending in other ways. Another program that should be immediately repealed is the proposal to expand universal pre-school for 3 and 4 year olds ...

8. New Jersey state employee furloughs underway
(N.J./State)

... things we're trying to accomplish with furloughs is to reduce the cost of operating government, '' Corzine said in a statement. "Furloughs allow us to balance our budget while still maintaining services. ...

9. N.J. director of the CWA challenges Corzine’s logic
(N.J./State)

... furloughs upends the fundamental right of workers to collectively bargain wages. "The Corzine administration is using these involuntary furloughs as a bargaining chip with middle class workers. The administration ...

10. New Jersey's county governments adjust to weak economy
(N.J./State)

... the picture is mixed around the state, some key sources of revenue remain shaky. A few counties already have imposed layoffs or furloughs. Many have avoided such measures, but are already wondering about ...

11. Poll finds New Jersey residents aren’t sold on state budget
(N.J./State)

... by Governor Corzine to bring the budget into balance in the teeth of the recession. But they don’t think the budget has been cut enough. Those polled are opposed to furloughs for state workers to save ...

12. N.J. public workers protest furloughs and wage freezes
(N.J./State)

By TOM HESTER NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM A hearing by the state Civil Service Commission Thursday on a proposal to allow the state government to implement public employee furloughs and wage freezes beginning ...

13. Jersey today: State news briefs
(N.J./State)

STATE FURLOUGH PLANS ANNOUNCED Governor Jon S. Corzine today announced plans by State departments and agencies to implement one-day furloughs of state employees in May and June as a cost-saving measure. ...

14. Economy spurs sleeping pill sales
(Health/Healthquest)

Growing joblessness, pay cuts, unpaid furloughs — Americans have a lot on their minds these days, and it’s keeping them up nights, according to a report in the Los Angeles Times. The article cites a ...