when we have openings we fill them from other departments in the county. We have people working for free. They are in some rehabilitative program. We have temps that don't get benefits or holiday pay. When they don't work they don't get paid because they get no paid time off.
The management got raises the last few years. One way they do it is to create a higher level position and move a manager into it paying them more but they basically are doing the same job as before. Us union members took two furloughs the last two years. We didn't get paid for those weeks. We got no raises the last three years and no colas. We have a new contract and are getting a 3% pay increase over 3 years but that is still negotiable in the third year.

I am happy I have a job but my salary was cut $20,000 a year two years ago. I am 2years 3 months from retirement and am better off then all those unemployed.