Unions won't negotiate - say "blood is in your hands"

East St. Louis, after an impasse with the Unions, will lay-off 30% of its police department. The Unions refused to accept any cuts any where and then jeered the commission for taking action.

"City officials wanted police and fire unions to accept a furlough program that would have required employees to take two unpaid days in each twice monthly pay period. If accepted, emergency responders would have seen a pay cut of about 20 percent for the rest of the year.

The two sides couldn’t reach an agreement. On Friday, the mayor stared at a standing-room only crowd and told his emergency response chiefs words they didn’t want to hear: "Tell your workers to start packing their things."

Read about it HERE

Everyone better start "packing."