By Adam Tobias | Wisconsin Reporter

MILWAUKEE, Wis. undefined An effort to bring back about 20 unemployed public-sector janitors to reclaim cleaning services at the Milwaukee County Courthouse is now projected to cost taxpayers an additional $630,000 a year.

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SPENDING SPREE: The Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors is being asked to create unneeded public-sector janitorial positions that will cost taxpayers more than $600,000 a year.

Because of labor union and civil service rules, the housekeepers laid off in late 2009 when the county privatized its janitorial operations must compete with other eligible hires, should the county board pass Supervisor John Weishan Jr.’s resolution.

Weishan, who did not return several calls and emails from Wisconsin Reporterseeking comment, originally proposed rehiring the janitors. About 20 have been unable to find gainful jobs.

“I believe that they were wronged as county employees,” Weishan said last Thursday at a Finance, Audit and Personnel Committee meeting. “I believe that the first step in rectifying that is to create the positions, and then it’s up to them to do what they can to exercise their legal rights to get employment within Milwaukee County.”

More at source: Watchdog

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