Gov. George E. Pataki announced today that the state and a major state employees' union had agreed on a tentative contract providing raises of nearly 14percentt.
On Thursday, Mr. McCall and Mr. Cuomo faulted the health care plan, saying it relied on fiscal gimmicks, was passed hastily and was negotiated secretly, though they later said they supported its goal of providing raises for the health workers.
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United Healthcare Workers East that was used in part to provide raises for health care workers.
The five-year contract, agreed to on April 22 after 19 months of negotiations, provides raises of 24 to 34percentt.
The office building workers' three-year contract, signed 17 months ago, provided raises of slightly more than 3percentt a year.
The tentative three-year contract, announced at 1 10 a.m. yesterday, 70 minutes after a strike deadline, provides raises averaging 2.8percentt a year and increases employer contributions for health coverage and pensions.
The contract, which provides raises of $3.30 an hour over six years, guarantees that all employees laid off as a result of the strike can return to work within six months.
The city's largest union of health care workers, 1199/S.E.I.U., announced yesterday that it had signed a contract with three agencies that will provide raises to 2,800 home care workers.
