The agreement between Governor Andrew Cuomo and the Civil Service Employees Association calls for three years without broad-based raises, while protecting the union's 66,000 members from job cuts.

Now, The Public Employees Federation, the second largest state workers union, representing 56,000 professional, scientific, and technical state employees, is facing the prospect of seeing at least 451 state employees vanish from the payroll by the end of July. And that reportedly would just be the "first wave" --- The Albany Times Union published a breakdown of how that first batch of notices will be distributed across agencies.

When asked specifically about union negotiations, Governor Cuomo publicly declared "It's all up to PEF. Talk to PEF." He added "They're free to do what they want to do, but it's up to them." PEF spokesperson Darcy Wells confirms State and PEF negotiating teams continue to hold talks.

One observer at last week's CSEA announcement quipped that Union officials seem to have hit a brick wall in dealing with Cuomo. EJ McMahon, Senior Fellow with the Manhattan Institute's Empire Center For New York State Policy, says it's apparent that years of "smooth sailing" for the unions have come to end.

Governor Cuomo's office did not return calls for comment. PEF's Darcy Wells says negotiators have another bargaining session scheduled for today.