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November 29, 2006

Nurses union at Landmark ratifies contract

WOONSOCKET — Unionized nurses and health employees at Landmark Medical Center approved a new three-year contract today after working without an agreement nearly two months.

The pact with United Nurses & Allied Professionals Union Local 5067, approved by what negotiators on both sides deemed an “overwhelming” margin, calls for minimal increases in health insurance co-payments and salary increases of 3, 3.5 and 4 percent over three years.

It also gives the Landmark’s 460 union employees the option of moving to a defined-contribution pension plan, where the employer gives money to the employee to invest in a retirement fund.

The new contract is retroactive to September and runs through September 2009.

-- Journal staff writer Kia Hall Hayes

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