City Says 1,500 Pink Slips Coming Today

By Marcus Gilmer in News on Jun 12, 2009 2:40PM

Even more pink slips than first expected will be sent to city workers today: instead of the expected 1,100 employees getting laid off, an extra 400 will receive the bad news as well. According to the Sun-Times, the 1,504 layoffs will go into effect July 15 unless there's a last-second deal with the unions. Here's the rundown of how each department will be affected (uniformed police officers and fire fighters are exempt from this round).

• Streets and Sanitation: 323
• Police Department civilians: 296
• Water Management: 295
• Aviation: 147
• Public libraries: 120
• Fleet Management: 79
• Transportation: 62
• General Services: 46
• Emergency Management: 34
• Revenue: 16
• City Clerk: 12
• Health: 11
• Fire: 11
• Law: 10
• Other departments: 42

With this round of cuts, Daley continues to put the pressure on the unions, trying to force them into a deal of shared layoffs. The mayor told reporters yesterday, "I understand that, in these very difficult economic times, people do not want to take days off without pay or make any other concessions. But unless everyone pitches in by giving something, some of our colleagues are going to lose their jobs and I don't want that to happen."