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Almonte: State Should Negotiate With Labor

Almonte: State Should Negotiate With Labor

By Bob Plain on December 5, 2012

Ernie Almonte – former auditor general, a candidate for governor and a member of the 2011 pension reform panel – told WPRO this morning that the state should be negotiating a settlement to the landmark pension law and subsequent lawsuit with leaders of organized labor. He said the specifics of the legislation were never debated [...]

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