Supes vote to delay layoffs, but mayor vows to cut jobs

The Board of Supervisors voted this afternoon to reallocate $1.2 million in the Health Department's budget to keep about 100 unionized nurse assistants and support staff from being laid off until after the holidays.

But Mayor Gavin Newsom reiterated that he would  order the department to not spend the money and that the workers would be unemployed sometime after Thanksgiving.

As the SF Appeal reports, Newsom's staff needs to talk with the personnel department to determine exactly when — not if — the workers will be sacked.

The Service Employees International Union, Local 1021, sees the vote as a temporary victory, hoping that federal stimulus funds will come through in January to save the jobs.

SF Weekly has background on the layoff battle.