The Jamaica Civil Service Association said it was studying the job freeze to determine if and how it might affect its 22, 000 members.
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"After two years, I am ( heading ) the only city department that is out from under the job freeze, " he added.
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It was unclear how much officials hoped to save from the new job freeze, the latest effort to trim spending and close a $ 14 billion ( US $ 238 million ) gap in this year's budget.
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Trans World Airlines, St . Louis, announced that it had put a job freeze in effect, but said the plan would affect only administrative and back-office employees and not pilots or other front-line workers.
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Golden said it was difficult to make major changes in employment patterns " when there hasn't been much hiring in the last year and four months, and there has been a job freeze as of April 1 ."