Lingle's List of Layoffs

The Lingle administration would not disclose how many workers are targeted, but Gov. Linda Lingle has said she may have to lay off 2,500 workers under her direct control because of the state's budget deficit. Workers in several departments -- including Agriculture, Health, Human Services, Labor and Industrial Relations, and Business, Economic Development and Tourism -- reported being notified.

--Honolulu Avertiser

The list of workers Lingle and her staff will lay off will be released tomorrow. However, it has been estimated that over 2,500 workers might be let go in order to close the state's budget deficit. The informality of the situation - Lingle telling workers about the layoffs before considering the unions - has raised some eyebrows, including Randy Pierra, executive director of HGEA, described Lingle's announcement as "shameless". The unions should have accepted the furlough plan. Now they have to deal with layoffs.

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