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Public unions face bargaining shift as towns push professionalism
The piece argues public employee unions and officials sharpen bargaining, using independent forecasts and data to push wage restraint. Massachusetts shows a breakthrough with AFSCME using econometric studies to reveal revenue understates, influencing negotiations and signaling wider state raises in the future.
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San Francisco
Ciqzen
VCSIC
Quentin Koop
San Francisco Board of Supervisors
Sam Zagoria
National Associations of Mayors and County Officials
Massachusetts
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
Afscme
Michael S. Dukakis
Atraes
Afscume
Service Employees Union
Alliance
National Afscme
Jerry Wurf
Wurf
Dukakis
Bross
Data Resources, Inc
Council of Economic Advisers
Otto Eckstein
Illinois
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Florida
Pennsylvania
Missouri
New York
Rhode Island
Pedfi
Seattle
Weschman
Washington
Uhlman