Talks to end a legal challenge to Rhode Island's public
pension reform failed on Friday, both sides said, putting the state on track
for a potentially costly trial against labor unions in a closely-watched battle
over public sector retirement benefits.
Firefighters, teachers and retirees involved in the suit had
all agreed to a settlement. But police union members rejected the agreement,
prompting the state judge overseeing the litigation to order the parties back
to mediation on Monday.
"Due to a small group of union members the settlement
agreement has failed and the mediation process has ended," Governor
Lincoln Chafee and General Treasurer Gina Raimondo said in a statement.
Source: Reuters
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