Baltimore County officials said most labor unions have agreed to significant cuts to pensions and health care benefits ? moves leaders from one of two holdout unions said could keep qualified job candidates away.

The county has reached tentative agreements with unions representing the majority of county employees including firefighters, police, trade workers and deputy sheriffs, county spokesman Don Mohler said. But the county is still working on deals with unions representing nurses and 1,700 other general employees, including corrections officers, 911 call-center workers and some white-collar professionals.

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