Commonwealth Court has scheduled a hearing today on a suit filed by Council 13 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, which represents 16,000 workers. The union is challenging the legality of dividing most state workers' jobs into "critical" and "noncritical" classifications.
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Working, Not Working
A look at how the budget impasse will affect state services.
Functioning
- Inspections for food and animal safety.
- Slot-machine casinos, pending a court hearing.
- Processing of birth and death certificates.
- Health care for the poor, food stamps, and cash assistance.
- Drinking-water inspections.
- Inspections of hospitals and nursing homes.
- State police patrols.
- Unemployment compensation and workers' compensation.
- Liquor stores.
- Lottery.