Think about this for a moment. For over a year now every state agency has lost funding for vacant positions. Even the state department of education has had to deal with less funding and the loss of funding for positions. So far, not a single full time employee has lost their job because the state and the various public employee unions have agreed to reductions in hours, increased employee contributions to health plans, and furlough days. These changes are not automatic. Unions negotiated with management and sent the changes to the rank and file for up or down ratification. They chose to take the reductions in income to protect their healthcare benefit and to protect the jobs of junior employees. 
In contrast, the AEA negotiated no reductions in salary, one time bonus, increased agency contributions to healthcare primiums, and left intact no lay off protections for junior teachers. The flawed  AEA plan to bust money out of Juneau has thus far failed.