The state government is not even looking at the same book as the unions are, much less the same page. HSTA has requested a 22 percent pay raise. The state has recently proposed a package averaging 12 percent. UHPA has requested a 12 percent pay raise, while the state has most recently offered a 7 percent pay raise excluding all benefits in the summer months. Meanwhile, recent events have resembled political jockeying rather than supposed negotiations.
Sacrifices are inevitable.
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