1.   Having been hit hard by successive years of staffing cuts, CUNY could make good use of student workers.

2.   He gave no specifics as to how that goal would be reached, other than to say it would require the cooperation of labor unions and large staff cuts.

3.   His union says officers are overworked due to staff cuts, lack sufficient counseling to deal with stress and are underpaid.

4.   Most unions representing workers for the SNCF national rail network have called for a strike Thursday to protest staffing cuts under what they say is the threat of privatization.