1,400 workers receive layoff notices from Philadelphia district

From The Philadelphia Inquirer: The Philadelphia School District has sent layoff notices to more than 1,400 additional members of the union that represents its blue-collar employees. Pink slips went out to 1,406 members of Local 32BJ, Service Employees International Union, on Dec. 31. The layoffs are effective Dec. 31, 2012 - by contract, union members require a full year's notice. District officials say, however, that the number of union workers to be let go depends on whether a dispute over contract concessions could be resolved.