2/ With plummeting tax revenues across the country slashing local and state budgets and setting off layoffs and furloughs, the public sector is expected to take another hit.
Nearly 60% of public sector employees are women, many of them women of color.https://bit.ly/3jHjJSa
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3/ "The public service, that's been an avenue for women, specifically women of color, to have good wages and good benefits and to provide essential services to the communities in which they live. They are in jeopardy right now."https://bit.ly/3jHjJSa
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4/4 The decisions Congress makes in the coming months will shape how deep the cuts could be later. "If Congress comes and steps in and fills in budget shortfalls, there don't have to be any state and local job losses."https://bit.ly/3jHjJSa
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Our local state community college was told to plan for approximately 10% allocation reduction. Most temporary and part-time employees have not been rehired for fall semester, although adjunct numbers are stable. College employment is heavily female.
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