Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker issued notices to state unions Friday of possible layoffs beginning early next month after none of the 14 fugitive state Senate Democrats returned from Illinois to give the Republican majority the quorum it needed to vote on a spending bill.
Once the unions are notified, the layoffs could take effect in 30 days. State departments will have a couple weeks to develop layoff plans.
The unions were notified the layoffs could begin in early April, said Walker's spokesman Cullen Werwie, adding that the notices may be withdrawn if the Senate Democrats return to Wisconsin.
"Without Senate action within 15 days, individual employees may begin to receive potential termination notifications," Werwie said in a written statement.
The layoff notices, obtained by Fox News, do not specify how many employees would be affected. But Walker has said his administration would have to start preparing layoff notices for as many as 1,500 state employees so the state can start to realize the $30 million savings he had assumed would come from the concessions.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/03/04/wisconsin-state-workers-brace-layoffs-amid-standoff/#ixzz1FgyDXPX8
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