March 16, 2011
Calif. prison guards reach tentative contract deal
A union representing state prison guards reached a tentative contract agreement Tuesday with Gov. Jerry Brown's administration _ five years after former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger imposed a contract stripping the union of much of its power in prison operations.
The California Correctional Peace Officers Association supported Brown in last year's gubernatorial campaign after years of being at odds with the Schwarzenegger administration.
Union spokesman JeVaughn Baker said negotiators were constrained by the state's nearly $27 billion budget deficit...
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