Fort Myers Potentially Doubling Layoffs

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News-Press

I wrote an article in this very blog about how 45 jobs were lined up to be cut in Ft. Myers. Well, because the city doesn't want to add a $165 fire assessment fee, they're cutting more jobs. How many jobs? Well, double what I initially saw. 90 people may be out of a job including 32 firefighters. The names of the extra cuts haven't been revealed yet.

The city approached unions with pay cuts, shorter work weeks, and even an extra unpaid day off of work. The unions turned them down saying it would only prolong the inevitable. So the city had to find other ways of making up the budget and job cuts seem to be the only way. They hope the unions will be more open after the job losses.

90 Jobs. The job losses keep adding up. I only hope not to be effected by it. The way I see it, one more unpaid day isn't so bad as having no paying job at all.