The Daily Freeman reports that the New York State Public Employees Federation's members voted June 7 in favor of a one-year agreement with the state, while continuing negotiations for a longer-term contract. The union says their more than 54,500 professional, scientific, and technical employees get a two percent retroactive raise in the temporary contract. The contract applies to employees at state agencies and facilities, and at Roswell Park Cancer Institute and the Schools for the Deaf and Blind.