New Haven Independent

Posted by: OH WELL | February 8, 2007 8:57 PM

This is very sad ,you tell people two day's before they will not have a job? What kind of #@# is that? What kind of union representation is THIS.

Posted by: bugupit | February 8, 2007 11:04 PM

So, has anyone figured out why they are axed 3/4 of the way through the grant's year? The City does work with budgets, right? Is the 10+% raise per contract mentioned the whole key, could not be swollowed, they had to go before it kicked in? Hey, is that raise just one year or over like three, and if more than one, why let Slap slap the truth around like that? How about why, after 20 years of dedication, someone's salary is dependent on annual renewal of Federal largess, rather than City general funds? So they promote a paralegal last year then when she is replaced they say they have to lay off three other staff? Don't expect much investigating from the board of aldermen and other politicos, they are too busy tugging like dogs fighting for a rag to pull the very same cdgb funds into their neighborhoods.

Posted by: Willie Williams Jr | February 9, 2007 9:16 AM

It's Unfortunate That Anyone Has To Be Laid Off, I Know The Feeling. I've Been Laid Off Three 3 Times In My Lifetime. If You Have 20, 25 or 30 Years of Service , It's Time To Go. People With That Kind of Experience and Time Should Be Able To Take Their Own Money, Experience and Brain and Open/Create Their Own Commercial Business. The Truth and Fact of The Matter Is The City of New Haven Needs To Cut Personnel By 25% In ALL Departments Except Emergency Services. By Cutting The Personnel Staff 25% Your Property Tax Will Be Cut In Half.

Posted by: deloresmariconde | February 10, 2007 5:23 PM

The official reason given for the lay-off is a reduction to a federal grant. If this is genuine then why hasn't the city imposed a hiring freeze with CDBG funded positions?

The women were not told they were being laid off because their positions were "expendable". That statement from Derek Slap should provide additional grounds for a lawsuit and a forensic audit.

Posted by: Raymond | February 12, 2007 7:39 PM

A year in Iraq getting shot at and using my brains to keep my men and I alive while the city of New Haven can't use their brains to properly care for their employees. I look forward to the day when these six women receive their justice.

Posted by: William | February 22, 2007 11:58 PM

they wont because they were paid from SPECIAL FUNDS which is basically grant money which can run out at any time. ALL special fund employees know this going in that at any time their funding source can be stopped and therefore those jobs are lost. it has nothing to do with anything else. what DOES need to be looked at is the issue of contractors that the City hires with pay double to triple they would pay a regular employee. this is done so the mayor can give out favors and get political gains in return. Just do a FOI and find out, you'll be amazed at how some people can make $75.00 an hour or 90K a year, but not be considered an "employee". That includes the City's longstanding practice of hiring it's own retirees to those super cushy, super high paying contractor jobs. wake up people, it's all about what john wants and BBJ gets what he wants - forget employee's right and absolutely forget what is best for the residents. remember, the City knows that 99% of the residents don't know, care or are even aware of city salaries, budgets and funding and the City certainly does not want anyone to know that all if it is PUBLIC INFORMATION. 6 women losing jobs is small potatoes compared to the horror show that is being run by the city, corp counsel and labor relations. WE DESERVE BETTER!!