CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- The city’s biggest labor organization is outlining a plan its leaders say could help the Lightfoot Administration avoid employee layoffs.
The Chicago Federation of Labor asked the labor-oriented think tank Public Works, to find alternatives to Mayor Lightfoot’s expectation that she’d have to layoff some 350 employees to balance the budget.
Public Work’s report outlines some $270-million in savings, more than enough to offset the layoffs.
Among the ideas, cutting health care costs, by among other things, having the city self-insure, and make its own deal with a third party health care provider. The proposals also include reducing the number of middle managers and renegotiating towing and information technology leases.
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CFL President Bob Reiter said the group looks forward to working with Mayor Lightfoot to put these measures and others into effect.