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State employees rally against layoffs
Matt Garfield | The News & Observer
Saturday, April 30, 2011
With chants, flag waving and a few made-for-TV dramatic touches, North Carolina government employees sought to deliver a message today to state legislators weighing widespread budget cuts.
State workers offer $10 billion in savings
Jon Camp | ABC11
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
RALEIGH -- The union which represents North Carolina state employees says it has its own ideas on how to close the budget gap.
Union unveils budget plan to save state $10 billion
News 14 Carolina Web Staff | News 14 Carolina
Updated 02/15/2011 02:56 PM
RALEIGH – The union representing North Carolina state employees released a plan Tuesday it says could save the state of more than $10 billion.
The State Employees Association of North Carolina, or SEANC, says the biggest savings would come from requiring nonprofit hospitals to give up a portion of their capital reserves.
The organization's plans would also consolidate other health services and allow four-day work weeks for state employees. SEANC executive director Dana Cope says more importantly, the plan doesn't cut jobs.
$10 Billion in State Savings Identified, Employees Association Claims
MyFox8.com
9:24 p.m. EST, February 15, 2011
RALEIGH, N.C. (WGHP) A state group said it has found enough to cut from the North Carolina budget to wipe out a deficit four times larger than the current estimate.
The State Employees Association of North Carolina, the union representing state employees, presented a list of 27 different places they think lawmakers could consider cutting, instead of cutting state workers.
State workers pitch budget ideas
newsobserver.com
Published Wed, Feb 16, 2011 05:02 AM
Modified Wed, Feb 16, 2011 02:27 PM
RALEIGH -- State employees on Tuesday outlined more than two dozen ideas - most focused on health care and corporate tax breaks - that they say would raise about $10 billion for the state budget.
The morning after Gov. Bev Perdue's State of the State address, during which she offered a few hints about the budget proposal she'll reveal this week, the State Employees Association of North Carolina offered suggestions that ranged from the studied-but-rejected to the novel.
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