Hundreds of Probationary State Employees Could Lose Jobs

Governor Branstad said Tuesday that hundreds of recently hired state workers may get the axe, as part of his effort to create a more stable, and predictable budget plan. The job cuts would primarily affect the more than 1,000-workers who are still in the six-month probationary stage of their employment. Branstad's plan though isn't sitting well with the union representing about 20,000 state workers. A union leader says the governor's plan to cut state jobs is part of a personal vendetta.