Details of CT union deal released

Connecticut state employees are getting a first official glimpse at details of a tentative labor savings agreement reached last week between union leadership and Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, The Associated Press reports.

A summary of the deal was posted Tuesday on the State Employees Bargaining Agent Coalition’s website http://inthistogetherct.org/

The plan requires all state workers to begin making contributions to a trust fund to help cover retiree health benefits. It also ends longevity payments, a bonus paid to veteran employees, to most new hires.

The tentative agreement also calls for a new approach to health care, requiring workers to sign a form annually, promising to get yearly physicals and other age-appropriate tests.

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The deal also promises no-layoffs for four years.

Eighty percent of voting members must approve the retirement and health care changes.

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