Gay Civil Servants Rebuffed In NH State Union Contracts

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State workers will vote on tentative contracts this month but LGBT union members may reject it because the unions failed to get benefits for the domestic partners of gay and lesbian workers.
The State Employees Association has sought the benefits when they negotiated with the state over the past decade. Four years ago the bargaining teams agreed on domestic partner benefits package only to see lawmakers refuse to endorse the contract until the provision was removed.

The Association attempted to get the benefits included this time, but when the $27 million deal was presented to workers the benefits were gone.