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Classified staff say September pay withheld after strike; speakers call for accountability and restored pay
Summary
Classified employees and parents told the Evergreen board on Sept. 23 that the district withheld September pay after a strike; commenters described immediate financial hardship and urged the board to pay staff according to the collective bargaining agreement and to take accountability for communications and bargaining practices.
Classified staff and parents told the Evergreen Public Schools Board of Directors on Sept. 23 that many classified employees did not receive September pay after the recent strike and called that action an unfair labor practice.
Multiple public commenters described staff who missed rent or utilities and urged the district to make employees whole. “Your district bargaining team has refused to pay its employees for September, which is an unfair labor practice and a violation of our contract,” Dana Druck, a classified employee and parent, told the board. James Watson Hughes, a bus driver, said the start of the school year had been “crazy” and called withholding pay “crazy,” adding that…
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