Layoff notices went out Thursday to 270 employees in the citydepartments of Transportation and Water Management in the first waveof 600 firings tied to the Legislature's defeat of an earlyretirement program pivotal to Mayor Daley's 2004 budget.
Chicago Federation of Labor President Dennis Gannon pleaded withDaley once again to "show some compassion" and wait until theIllinois General Assembly reconvenes in mid-January, when only asimple majority vote would be needed for passage.
Nearly all of the 270 union members who received 21-day noticesThursday are permanent transportation employees whose jobs are beingconverted to seasonal work, even as City Hall continues to …
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