County workers union rejects pension changes

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About 2,000 Baltimore County employees will forgo annual raises this year after they voted to reject a labor contract that reduced health care benefits and extended the minimum age for retirement.

More than 90 percent of the county branch of American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees sacrificed raises to vote against extending the minimum retirement age for employees with fewer than 30 years of service from 60 to 65.

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