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Union and veteran staffer ask House panel to restore eliminated Health Department FTE
Summary
A union and the senior research technician whose job was removed from the Department of Health’s budget asked the House Finance subcommittee to restore the position, arguing the elimination occurred without a clear plan to reassign duties and may yield no net savings because of the worker’s seniority protections.
Union leaders and the employee whose position was eliminated urged the House Finance subcommittee to restore a Department of Health senior research technician post that was cut from the department’s proposed budget.
Jim Sanarini of Rhode Island Council 94 (AFSCME Council 94) told the committee the position elimination is "quizzical" and that the senior research technician, Paula Polano, has more than 33 years with the Department of Health…
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