The New York Times, September 28, 2011, Wednesday

The New York Times

September 28, 2011, Wednesday

The New York Times (full article)

As State Issues Layoff Notices, Union’s Leaders Stand by Vote Against a Contract

By THOMAS KAPLAN

But labor experts said Mr. Cuomo would be hard-pressed to make significant changes to his agreement with the federation, given that the largest union of state workers, the Civil Service Employees Association, which represents 66,000 state workers, had already accepted the proposed wage and benefits concessions.

“If one deal is clearly more valuable than the others, that’s probably untenable,” said Rebecca Givan, a professor of labor relations at Cornell. “We would expect C.S.E.A. to ask for something equivalent.”