While Kansas lawmakers slog their way through the budget process, many in state government continue to gear up for possible furloughs.
If a budget isn’t in place by early Sunday morning the state will be forced to furlough non-essential workers.
The executive director of the Kansas Organization of State Employees, Rebecca Proctor, says their contract calls for 30 days notice before furloughs. Proctor says the union will take action.
“We would file a prohibitive practice charge under our state’s public employee bargaining law and we would also probably pursue some legal action through the courts,” Proctor told Up To Date host, Steve Kraske.
The state says it does not have to give 30 days notice because the budget fight is an emergency.
Proctor represents 9,000 of the state's 35,000 employees, including prison guards, state hospital employees and janitors in the Statehouse.
