From the summary:
NACCHO has completed the second in a series of surveys measuring the impact of the economic downturn on local health departments (LHDs). This survey found that job losses in LHDs are accelerating and that budget cuts are reducing public health services. In the first half of 2009, approximately 8,000 staff positions in LHDs were lost due to layoffs or attrition. An additional 12,000 LHD employees were subjected to reduced hours or mandatory furloughs.
See also:
- Overview of Survey Findings
- State-specific data
- NACCHO Press Release
- Budget Cut Survey Technical Documentation 2009
- Budget Cut Survey Instrument 2009
Local Health Department Job Losses and Program Cuts
Union Strategies for Hard Times
by Bill Barry
What can unions do as the Great Recession ravages workers and their unions and threatens to destroy decades of collective bargaining gains? What must local union leaders do to help their laid-off members, protect those still working, and prevent the gutting of their hard-fought contracts – and their very unions themselves? How, in fact, can local union leaders seize the time and turn crisis into opportunity?
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