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County employees press board on living wage and health benefits as bargaining continues
Summary
Multiple county employees and AFSCME representatives urged the Champaign County Board to adopt a living wage and expand affordable health coverage; the board’s labor committee reported a comprehensive proposal offered to AFSCME.
Several Champaign County employees and union representatives used the public‑comment period to press the county board to adopt living wages and affordable health benefits as bargaining with AFSCME continued.
Jason Benda, a facilities custodian, cited the county’s own 2002 living‑wage resolution (Resolution 4503) and said the living‑wage calculation in that document would now be $15.46 per hour. “We are advertising a position for a full‑time benefited employee whose 52‑week cash compensation is less than the poverty guideline that this board has…
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