Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 77 pink slips 66 layoffs 60 furlough 60 furloughed 59 furloughs 52 lay offs 50 wage freeze 49 unionized 49 layoff 49 hiring freeze 49 pink slip 48 Layoffs 47 unionized workers 47 rehired 47 salaried employees 47 budget shortfall 47 nonunion employees 46 redundancies 46 wage freezes 46 IOUs 45 severance packages 45 cuts 44 budget 44 biennium 43 chopping block 43 givebacks 43 salaried workers 43 cutbacks 43 tentative agreement 43 paraprofessionals 43 employees 42 budget shortfalls 42 paychecks 42 rehire 41 machinists 41 retrenchment 41 jobs 41 severance package 40 retrenchments 40 voluntary redundancy 40 resignations 40 buyouts 40 shutdown 40 absentee ballots 40 collective bargaining 39 compulsory redundancies 39 Machinists union 39 midyear 39 proration 39 bargaining table 39 unfilled 39 declining enrollment 38 rehiring 38 workforce 38 retirements 38 memo 38 union 38 staffing 38 staffing shortages 38 tax rebate checks 38 salaried 37 provisional ballots 37 teaching assistants 37 walkout 37 Machinists 37 AFSCME 37 closures 37 Teamsters Local 36 CSEA 36 rebate checks 36 shortfall 36 decertify 36 tax abatements 36 reassignment 36 hiring freezes 36 retrenched 36 eviction notices 35 unused vacation 35 reorganization 35 flu vaccinations 35 teachers 35 shutdowns 35 reassigned 35 abatements 35 Unified School 35 subpoenas 35 workers 35 nonunion 35 certificated 35 notices 35 reductions 35 belt tightening 35 closure 34 collective bargaining agreements 34 grief counselors 34 dispatchers 34 superintendents 34 Interim Superintendent 34 balloted 34 Newspaper Guild 34 mandatory evacuation orders