At least one union is alerting Massachusetts public sector employees the state has proposed reducing its full-time workforce by offering buyouts of $10,000 for resignations and $20,000 for retirement, according to an email sent out to members.

“The Commonwealth has presented all state worker unions, including Local 509, with a proposal to reduce the number of full-time employees across the Commonwealth,” SEIU Local 509 President Dave Foley wrote in an email to union members. “The Commonwealth has proposed $10,000 for a voluntary resignation and $20,000 for retirement. Our understanding is that when these positions become vacant, they would not be backfilled and would be eliminated.”

The union has not agreed to the proposal, Foley stated, and chapter presidents will “meet with the state t

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