Public Employee Press

Wage talks to resume June 3

The union and the city will resume bargaining on June 3 for a new economic agreement covering more than 100,000 members.

In the new contract, the union is pressing for a fair, equitable and living wage. The union’s demands also include preserving health benefits and increasing the city’s contribution to the welfare fund, which covers the prescription drug and other union benefits.

The old economic contract expired March 2, but its conditions remain in effect as bargaining continues.