Tentative contract between Raimondo, state's largest union calls for 7.5 percent raises
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The largest state employee union, Council 94, American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees, has reached a tentative contract agreement with the Raimondo administration that provides 7.5 percent in unbudgeted raises over three years.Council 94 President J. Michael Downey on Wednesday said that he was meeting that day with the leaders of the 30 locals, representing somewhere between 3,800 and 4,000 state employees, to lay out a schedule for [...]