Negotiators for the Service Employees International Union and the state have worked out a new contract including $14.9 million in concessions, mostly through worker furloughs.

Becky Williams, president of SEIU District 1199, said an agreement was reached yesterday.

Williams said the contract, which will affect 4,500 professional and health care workers in a variety of state agencies, includes 10 unpaid days off, a wage freeze and give-back of 32 hours of personal leave.

The contract is similar to the pattern-setting contract worked out earlier this year by state negotiators with the Ohio Civil Services Employees Association, Williams said. She predicted the pact will be ratified by District 1199 members.

The Strickland administration sought a total of $170 million in concessions from all employees unions to help plug holes in the state budget.

Several smaller bargaining units, including the Fraternal Order of Police, are still in contract talks.