Contra Costa County loses state call center in labor dispute By Lisa Vorderbrueggen Contra Costa Times Posted: 03/12/2013 05:21:13 PM PDT Updated: 03/12/2013 06:25:05 PM PDT

MARTINEZ — A Contra Costa public employee union’s demand for 12.75 percent higher wages has cost the county a chance to open and run a state health insurance exchange call center and the 205 jobs that went with it, top county officials said. The county Board of Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously rejected a state contract offer to run the call center, citing an impasse with American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 512. Read more…. http://www.contracostatimes.com/breaking-news/ci_22775993/contra-costa-loses-state-call-center-labor-dispute.