The total reduction of 2.2 percent is the largest ever in the state, he said.
The total reductions would be roughly 6 to 8 percent of the work force paid entirely from city funds, or 216,000.
They will result in a total reduction of manpower to 2,138,000, as against 2,174,000 last Sept. 30.
The Europeans want any cuts made since 1986 to be included in calculating the total reductions.
Benefits will then be cut in stages during the next three years, for a total reduction of 45 percent.
Consequently, on 30 July a total reduction of force, both military and civilian, was begun.
The new plan would cut the number by 50,000 more, to 580,000 by 1997, a total reduction in troops of about one-fourth.
Prominent members often press for massive, sometimes total, reductions in immigration levels.
The total reduction would be about 35 percent of Eastern's annual labor costs of $1.7 billion.
The hospital took the charge off the bill resulting in a total reduction of $11,556.75.
