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CSEA representative urges board to reverse 'zeros' offer, cites surplus and aid increase

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A Civil Service Employees Association official told the board the district proposed zero raises for three noninstructional units covering three years and urged trustees to reconsider in light of claimed unassigned fund balance and higher-than-budgeted state aid.

Liam Russert, identified in the transcript as the region director for the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA), used the meeting’s public-comment period to press the Board of Education on contract negotiations for several noninstructional units.

Russert said three units have been without a contract for three years and that, he said, the board or board direction was proposing to give them “zeros” for those years. “They were out for 3 years, and we were so close to completing a contract, but we're…

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