Union leaders want lawmakers to slow down on PEIA bill

Union leaders want lawmakers to slow down on a bill that would raise insurance rates for public employees. The PEIA bill has already passed the Senate and could go to a House vote today. Labor union leaders are opposed to a 26-percent increase in health care payments, which many lawmakers say is critical to keeping PEIA health care in business. Many state employees are being promised a 23-hundred-dollar pay raise, but are worried rising health premiums could wipe out the raise.