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PROVIDENCE (AP) -- Rhode Island's largest public employees union votes on a contract making concessions needed to balance the 6.9 billion dollar state budget.

Council 94 spokesman Jim Cenerini says the union will count ballots from 24 locals starting today around noon. The results will be announced later in the day.

Workers have been casting ballots over the last few days.

State lawmakers passed a budget last month that depends on union members approving millions of dollars in concessions outlined in the proposed contract.

If adopted, it would require workers to pay more for health insurance.

Union workers would not get a pay raise this year. They would receive a 2.5 percent raise next year, followed by 3 percent increases in the third and fourth years.

-- The Associated Press

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