Leaders of 4 California employee unions agree to pension rollback
Terry McHale, policy director for the state firefighters union, said Wednesday’s agreements mark "significant" if controversial changes. The retirement age for new firefighters would rise from 50 to 55. The same is true for future Highway Patrol officers… The unions agreeing to the rollback are the California Assn. of Highway Patrolmen, the California Department of Forestry Firefighters, the California Assn. of Psychiatric Technicians and one of two units of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees. They also each agreed that pension sizes would be determined by future workers’ three highest years of pay
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by Shane Goldmacher, The Los Angles Times.