Rahm Gets Union to Agree to Overtime Cut

The Chicago Sun-Times reports:

The cement masons union has signed off on one of Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s proposed work-rule changes — time-and-a-half for overtime, instead of double time — to save the jobs of six members targeted for layoffs.

The surprise decision by Cement Masons Local 502 impacts 67 seasonal city employees. It marks the first break in the otherwise united front by labor leaders who have refused the mayor’s demand for $10 million in work-rule changes.

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