EASTON, Pa. – Northampton County human services workers want to know what will be done to protect the people they serve, as a possible furlough date draws closer.
“How is any of this OK?” Kezzy Johnson, chief shop steward for SEIU Local 668, repeatedly asked Northampton County Council members as she spoke before them Thursday night.
Last week, County Executive Lamont McClure said if the state budget impasse continues, some 175 of the county’s human services employees will be furloughed, starting Oct. 20. State funds cover 80% to 100% of all county human services employees’ paychecks…