ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The executive committee of New York's second-largest public workers union on Monday supported a new tentative contract that could avoid 3,500 layoffs.
The Public Employees Federation contract proposal with Gov. Andrew Cuomo will next face its biggest test with a vote by rank-and-file members. Paper ballots were sent to members' homes starting Monday and will be counted Nov. 3.
Cuomo, a Democrat, said Monday that the deal negotiated over the weekend is the 56,000-member PEF's last chance to avoid layoffs that had been scheduled to begin Wednesday.
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