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Menino pushes unions for wage freeze

Says they can forestall layoffs

Mayor Thomas M. Menino yesterday formally presented his fiscal year 2010 budget for the city. Mayor Thomas M. Menino yesterday formally presented his fiscal year 2010 budget for the city. (David L. Ryan/Globe Staff)
By John C. Drake
Globe Staff / April 9, 2009

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Mayor Thomas M. Menino yesterday formally presented his $2.4 billion budget to the City Council, but he immediately said he would be happy to rip up some sections and reverse the sweeping layoffs he has proposed if teachers, police, and other unions would agree to his proposed wage freeze. (Full article: 668 words)

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