Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20110325:17:32:00
From more layoffs. how did you persuade them to the givebacks? >> thank you, andrea. it's a win/win for the employees because they get to avoid furloughs as you said. we were proposing 37 days of furloughs. it's a win/win for the taxpayers because those employed at the time were restore odd. and it puts us in a position where we can craft similar dealing with the rest of our employees. these people represent -- these unions represent about 60% of our general labor force. we got there. the question, how did we get there. we got there by working together over a long period of time and trying to ...