Madison Mayor Dave Cieslewicz today announced an agreement with the AFSCME union representing city workers ahead of the implementation of the governor's budget repair bill provisions restricting collective bargaining. The deal announced with AFSCME Local 60 would require a 50 percent contribution to members' pensions and decrease a proposed pay increase at the end of the year from 3 percent to 2 percent. The agreement also extends the contract for an additional 15 months, which would allow the union and city to work together through 2013, and comes with the mayor's assurance that he'll "do everything we can to avoid...
