Arbitrator awards Maine state workers up to $6 million in back pay, raises. (13-OCT-05) Kennebec Journal (Augusta, Maine) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)

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Arbitrator awards Maine state workers up to $6 million in back pay, raises.

Publication: Kennebec Journal (Augusta, Maine) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)

Publication Date: 13-OCT-05

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Byline: Dan McGillvray

Oct. 13--AUGUSTA -- An arbitrator has awarded 415 state social workers a raise and a percentage of back wages going to 1998.

The total amount to be paid to workers -- mostly former caseworkers for agencies recently combined into the new Department of Health and Human Services -- could reach $6 million, based on estimates announced by the Maine State Employees Association, the largest union representing state workers.

"I'm ecstatic. It's the biggest case...

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