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New Haven Board of Education unanimously approves four-year contract with Local 217, citing insurance cost savings
Summary
The New Haven Board of Education on Feb. 28 approved a four-year collective bargaining agreement with Local 217 covering cafeteria workers that shifts members to a lower-cost insurance plan and, according to board counsel, reduces board and city costs by more than $400,000 compared with staying on the older plan.
The New Haven Board of Education unanimously approved a four-year collective bargaining agreement with Local 217 on Feb. 28 after a brief special meeting in which board counsel summarized terms and projected cost savings.
Attorney Mooney, who presented the agreement, said the contract responds to changes in available health plans and moves unit members from what he described as a now-eliminated “platinum plus” plan to a lower-cost “platinum” plan. "If we had just stayed the course and made no changes, the cost to the city and board of ed would have been over 1 and a half million dollars," Mooney said, adding that "under these changes, over $400,000 in reduced costs are realized." He also told the board…
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