That didn't take long. Hours after Gov. Ed Rendell introduced his 2009-10 budget calling for significant cuts in state workers, the unions representing those workers launched a counter-attack.

"This union will whine, scream and holler for justice," David Fillman, executive director of AFSCME Council 13, said in a statement.

"Pennsylvania's state workers have been victims of a 'silent furlough' for 20 years," Fillman said. "State workers have sacrificed with lower pay increases and contributions to health care costs -- that's why Pennsylvania was one of the few states with a surplus last year."

Rendell has said up to 2,600 union jobs might have to be eliminated as the state budget deficit is expected to reach $2.3 billion.

Three unions, representing 119,000 government workers, are vowing to fight Rendell's proposed cuts every step of the way.

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Pennsylvania's Public Sector Unions Join Together to Oppose Service Cuts in Rendell Budget Proposal