After weeks of remaining mostly quiet during a public relations barrage from Mayor Rahm Emanuel, labor leaders are preparing to respond with cost-saving alternatives to Emanuel’s decision to lay off as many as 625 city workers.
Their suggestions are based on research showing, among things, that the city's Department of Family and Support Services has more than 200 employees in various supervisory roles and 334 “front line” workers—a ratio of about 1.6 staff members per manager.
Union officials will press Emanuel to cut managers in Family and Support Services along with other departments.