PHILADELPHIA SCHOOL DISTRICT
The Philadelphia School District is laying off 1,400 works in 2012. The district issued layoff notices to blue-collar workers who clean Philadelphia's classrooms and attend to buses, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer. The cuts are effective by year's end.
The move comes after the Philadelphia School District cut back 850 workers in September and more than 1000 teachers in the summer of 2011. Officials said they had to let some members in the school district's blue-collar union go after failing to extract concessions worth $16 million.
"As a result of this rejected agreement, there remains a budget gap that the district must close this year, and the district now anticipates it will face significant budget challenges in the coming years," said district spokesman Fernando Gallard in a statement. "The district is now forced to take other steps to achieve needed savings and to keep all of its options open regarding staffing in future years."
The current plans include cutting back 276 building engineers, 126 custodial assistants, 503 general cleaners, and 501 bus attendants. However, the final number of workers let go depends on how the dispute over the contract concessions is resolved. -- Written by Chao Deng in New York. >To contact the writer of this article, click here: Chao Deng. >To follow the writer on Twitter, go to: @chao_deng >To submit a news tip, send an email to: tips@thestreet.com.Select the service that is right for you!
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