The collective bargaining agreement covering more than 90,000 workers represented by New York City's largest union of public-sector workers expired Nov. 6, but negotiations between the city and the union for a subsequent agreement have yet to officially begin. Bargaining between the city's Office of Labor Relations and District Council 37, an affiliate of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, is on hold as the city and the umbrella organization of municipal unions push to strike a deal to reduce the city's healthcare cost obligations.
Union leaders fear that if the healthcare cost issue isn't settled, it could affect the size of raises that municipal workers win in their upcoming round of contracts.
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