HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — If unionized Connecticut state employees don't ratify a labor concession deal in the coming weeks, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy warned Thursday that there will be massive layoffs, substantially more than the 4,700 he threatened last month
The agreement reached between Malloy and the union leaders is expected to save the state $1.6 billion, money needed to balance the two-year, $40.1 billion budget that takes effect on July 1. If the deal isn't ratified, job cuts will have to be made, Malloy said.
"The initial number of 4,700. They would increase dramatically above that," he told reporters during a state Capitol briefing. "I think they would reach very deeply, well past people employed 10 years or more."
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