Los Angeles County and the union representing thousands of county workers have reached a tentative contract agreement on salary and benefits, potentially ending a standoff that prompted a two-day strike earlier this year, officials announced Tuesday.

County officials said the proposed deal with the Service Employees International Union Local 721 would include a $5,000 one-time ratification bonus, a $2,000 bonus in year two, a 2% cost-of-living adjustment in year two and a 5% COLA in year three. The contract would run through June 30, 2028.

“This tentative agreement, if ratified by SEIU 721’s membership, is an important milestone that will enable us to focus our collective energy on our shared goal of serving the people of LA County,” said a statement from the county. “We are proud of our long-term partnership with labor and grateful for all of the hard work on both sides of the table that has gone into months of negotiations during a period of unprecedented challenges to the County budget. SEIU 721 is the County’s largest union, representing more than half of the County’s workforce.”

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Union officials said in a statement that the proposal “locks in historic cash bonuses, Cost of Living adjustments, increases to our annual healthcare contributions, and beats back the county’s efforts to include language allowing management to unilaterally reduce our raises in the future.”

According to the union, negotiations were still continuing with the county on other lingering contract matters, and union members plan to hold an “Action Day” at county Board of Supervisors’ field offices on Wednesday.

Earlier this month, the union staged a massive rally at a Board of Supervisors, resulting in the arrests of six union members during a planned act of civil disobedience that disrupted the board’s meeting.

The public works employees, public and mental health professionals, social workers and other county employees represented by the union held a 48-hour strike April 28-30, impacting multiple services, including some non-urgent county clinics, 35 libraries and some beach restrooms. Wildfire cleanup services, trash pick-up and homeless encampment enforcement were also affected.

County officials maintained during the negotiating process that the county is facing unprecedented fiscal challenges, including a $4 billion settlement of thousands of sex assault claims, $2 billion in impacts from January’s wildfires “and the potentially catastrophic loss of hundreds of millions or more in federal funding.”

County CEO Fesia Davenport recently released her budget proposal for the 2025-26 fiscal year, including 3% cuts to some departments and the elimination of more than 200 vacant positions.

SEIU 721 is the county’s largest union, with members in 36 of the county’s 38 departments, according to the county.

“Funding this tentative labor agreement will require making budget cuts that will affect some programs,” county officials said Tuesday. “These sacrifices will be necessary to avoid a structural deficit as we move to provide fair compensation for our workforce in these difficult times.”