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Georgia Federation of Public Service Employees presents voluntary benefits offer to South Fulton council
Summary
A Georgia public‑sector labor organization described a voluntary membership package including life insurance, disability pay, home‑buyer assistance and local advocacy. Council members asked city staff to compare the plan to the city’s current benefits and to clarify lobbying and collective‑bargaining limits under state law.
Jennifer Saunders, president of the Georgia Federation of Public Service Employees, introduced the group’s leadership and asked the City of South Fulton council to allow the federation to offer a voluntary membership option to city employees.
The federation’s executive director, Raynard Burrell, summarized benefits that members would receive for a base dues level he said equals $20 per pay period. Those benefits the presentation listed included a guaranteed‑issue $50,000 life insurance policy, a $1,000 per month disability benefit for up to two years, supplemental insurance, an employee assistance program limited to three complimentary counseling sessions, scholarships, hardship grants and a home‑buyer closing‑cost program (the presentation cited $3,000–$8,000 in…
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