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Springfield Retirees Stop Governor's Plan To Remove Pension/Insurance Guarantees |
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SEPTEMBER 2004
- Governor Romney's plan, to allow for the repeal of all local option
laws that had been accepted to guarantee certain pension and insurance
benefits for Springfield retirees, was stopped in its tracks, shortly
after being introduced in the State House. As part of his bailout
package for the financially strapped City of Springfield, the governor
not only sought to void collective bargaining agreements and civil
service protections for city employees but also to undermine the local
option laws for its retirees and survivors.
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