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Re: State pay cuts must go?

pepperpat — Sat, 16 May 2009 10:52:26 -0400

There are state employees who are paid with federal monies. The state cannot use this money. The state needs Fed authorization to do this. Furlows only hamper these agencies whose services are needed more in hard economic times such as issuing unemployment compensation.

Re: State pay cuts must go?

aftercancer — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 08:18:22 -0400

If the state chooses to cut pay than they should be required to cut hours so that we can attempt to make up the difference on our own.

State pay cuts must go?

ryanteaguebeckwith — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 15:25:48 -0400

Joe Sinsheimer is back consulting, and his newest client is the State Employees Association of North Carolina.

Sinsheimer said the association hired him this month to help them respond to the many changes expected as Gov. Beverly Perdue and lawmakers hammer out a budget that is expected to include major cuts, Dan Kane reports.

He said he will help the association with communications strategies, but he will not be lobbying governmental officials. He declined to say what SEANC is paying him.

"State employees need to sift through all of the changes that are coming their way, and figure out how they can respond, how they can work with the state to improve service delivery and maintain service delivery," Sinsheimer said. "So they are feeling that given the magnitude of sea change in front of them, they wanted an extra pair of hands to help."

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