Union warns county board that CalPERS changes could hurt 290 households
AFSCME union representative told the Board of Supervisors that recent CalPERS plan changes—specifically removal of a local UnitedHealthcare option—could affect about 290 county employee households and urged the board to uphold contract benchmark language.
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Debbie Macias, the AFSCME representative for Madera County clerical and technical employees, told the board the union was "given a proposal" to change the health‑plan benchmark and warned the change would hit many families hard. "290 households in our bargaining unit will be impacted by this change," she said, adding that UnitedHealthcare is being pulled from the area and that the proposed benchmark would connect employees to services not available locally.
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