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Maintenance workers, SEIU members tell board they rejected tentative agreement and seek fair contract

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Multiple maintenance and transportation staff who identified themselves as SEIU members told the board their bargaining group voted down a tentative agreement and asked for a fair contract that preserves midpoint and cost-of-living adjustments.

At least a dozen district maintenance, transportation and facilities employees spoke during the public-comment period to tell the board their bargaining group voted down a tentative agreement and to press for a new negotiation that they said would show respect and retain longstanding pay structures.

Charles Townsend, identified himself as president of the SEIU maintenance bargaining group and an HVAC technician with more than 10 years at the district, said his group “did not pass a…

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