An arbitrator's ruling that permits the de Blasio administration to defer until next July payment of half the $900 million it was scheduled to give members of the United Federation of Teachers in back wages this month, conditioned on a no-layoff guarantee until then, has spurred a flurry of bargaining with other city unions aimed at producing similar short-term budget relief.
Some union leaders who would have to provide savings through different sources than the one available to the UFT, however, are reluctant to do it on the terms being sought by the city, according to Harry Nespoli, chairman of the Municipal Labor Committee, who in his role as president of the Uniformed Sanitationmen's Association is among those with reservations.
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