City Labor Unions Offer Cost-Saving Ideas To Avoid Layoffs
Answering Mayor Rahm Emanuel's call to come up with $10 million in cost savings to avoid 625 layoffs, union leaders on Tuesday offered their own ideas to save $250 million a year.
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Answering Mayor Rahm Emanuel's call to come up with $10 million in cost savings to avoid 625 layoffs, union leaders on Tuesday offered their own ideas to save $250 million a year.
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