In New York, the Transport Workers Union has announced a tentative agreement with state officials on a new contract. A bitter labor dispute shut down the city’s buses and subways over three days last week. Under the tentative deal, workers would receive close to an 11% pay raise over three years. State officials have dropped demands that would have raised both the retirement age and the pension contributions of new employees. Workers would now contribute a portion of their salaries to health care, which had previously been provided without charge. The union’s 33,000 members will now vote on whether to approve the agreement.