Friday, May 6, 2011

Houston (TX) to Lay Off 238 Firefighters, Union Says

From khou.com:
The City of Houston plans to lay off 238 firefighters as part of ongoing budget cuts, union officials said Thursday.

Firefighters gathered outside of their monthly union meeting Thursday and spoke with KHOU 11 News. They requested anonymity because they feared for their jobs.

"We’re literally losing sleep over it," said one firefighter, who expects a phone call Friday notifying him that he will be pink-slipped. “I’m dreading it so much. I have a family back home. I got a wife, a kid, a mortgage to pay. (I have) a lot of commitments -- and this job is really all I’ve got.”

Firefighters said they started to get phone calls Thursday notifying them about special meetings next week. That's when employees with the least seniority expect to get official notice they will be let go on July 1.

Mayor Annise Parker’s office would not confirm the number of potential layoffs, but it released a written statement late Thursday.

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