Union for City Hall Workers OKs Pact
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The union representing 10,000 blue-collar workers at City Hall has tentatively agreed to a contract that defers raises for a year to accommodate the city’s budget problems, union officials said Tuesday.
The contract, which is subject to approval by the union members, would provide a 2% raise on July 1, 2005, 2% a year later and 2.25% on Jan. 1, 2007, and would include job protections, said Julie Butcher of the Service Employees International Union.
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