Time is running out for the state employees union and the Douglas
Administration to reach an agreement over a plan to cut labor costs by roughly $7.5 million in
this year’s budget.
GE Healthcare is
now implementing a furlough program under which others will have to take unpaid
leaves. The South Burlington company laid off workers earlier this month.
More than 100 of
the 156 furloughed workers at GM’s Massena New York powertrain plant who
thought they’d be returning to work this week instead are permanently losing
their jobs.