Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 76 furloughs 70 furlough 70 unpaid furloughs 68 unpaid furlough days 66 furloughing 65 hiring freeze 59 layoffs 57 wage freezes 57 wage freeze 57 hiring freezes 55 furloughed 55 nonunion employees 51 layoff notices 51 budget shortfalls 51 budget shortfall 50 belt tightening 50 cutbacks 48 tuition hikes 48 lay offs 47 cuts 46 fare hikes 46 collective bargaining 45 Layoffs 45 givebacks 45 salaries 44 tuition reimbursement 44 unused vacation 44 biennium 44 paraprofessionals 43 unfunded mandates 43 layoff 43 workweek 43 sabbaticals 43 busing 43 salaried employees 43 hour workweek 43 pink slips 42 unused sick 42 retrenchments 42 teaching assistants 42 retrenchment 42 austerity measures 42 walkouts 42 budget 42 salaried workers 42 collective bargaining agreements 42 unionized 41 rolling blackouts 41 reassignments 41 walkout 41 rehiring 41 redundancies 40 CSEA 40 salary 40 unfunded liability 40 salaried 40 demotions 40 voluntary redundancies 40 budgets 40 reductions 40 AFSCME 39 hikes 39 payroll deductions 39 buyouts 39 tuition 39 copays 39 Municipal Employees 39 compulsory redundancies 39 staffing 39 trash pickup 39 voluntary redundancy 39 disciplinary action 38 shortfall 38 payroll 38 closures 38 PERS 38 chopping block 38 mandatory evacuations 38 proration 38 workdays 38 superintendents 37 severance 37 nonunion 37 indefinite strike 37 rehire 37 Medicaid reimbursements 37 unfunded pension 37 rehired 37 pensions 37 probationary period 37 rollbacks 37 teachers 37 Budget Cuts 37 FTEs 37 Legislative Analyst Office 37 annexations 37 unpaid 37 severance packages 37 Cutbacks 37 remedial classes 37 unfunded mandate