Hundreds of Onondaga County workers rallied outside the Oncenter Thursday night, protesting cuts in the proposed 2010 budget. County legislators are holding a public hearing on the budget at the Oncenter. Our Kat De Maria explains.

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Legislators are holding a public hearing inside the Oncenter on Thursday night. The county budget totals a little over a billion dollars, but it calls for cutting 50 county jobs and cutting back hours for 2,000 others.

The CSEA is the union which represents a majority of the county workers. A spokesperson for the group says cutting employees hours would put many of them into the part time category. The CSEA says they want to send a message to legislators that the county shouldn't be balancing the budget on their backs.

The county argues the budget cuts are necessary to trim a multi-million dollar deficit.

County legislators will vote on the budget Tuesday.

The union says if it is passed as is, they will consider taking the county to court.