BREAKING NEWS: Taveras Imposes Furloughs for Non-Union Staff

BREAKING NEWS: Taveras Imposes Furloughs for Non-Union Staff

Providence Mayor Angel Taveras has imposed a one-day furlough for non-union workers in an effort to save the city money, spokeswoman Melissa Withers confirmed this evening.

The furlough day—which must be taken between now and the end of the 2011 fiscal year—applies to roughly 160 employees. The move is expected to save $40,000.

The furloughs come after the release of the annual audit for 2010, which showed the city ended the year with an estimated $57 million deficit.

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Although the savings won't make much of a dent on the deficit, Withers said the furloughs send an important message. "Savings resulting from the furlough day is a
small amount of money but the action is a way to signal that restoring fiscal stability in the City of Providence will require shared sacrifice from everyone," Withers said in a statement.

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