Minnesota Comes to Terms with Striking Employees.

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* The State of Minnesota reached a compromise with the two largest state employee unions following a two-week strike by some 23,000 state workers. The state agreed to 3.5 percent pay increases for each of the next two years for members of the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, and 3 percent increases for members of the Minnesota Association of Professional Employees. Improvements in the healthcare packages of both unions also were included in the deal. Although the state would not rule out the possibility of layoffs to pay for the increases...