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Union leader tells board arbitration is costing district and urges fair wages
2212768 · January 28, 2025
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Summary
A union representative urged the board to avoid arbitration and criticized legal spending and wage outcomes, saying members feel the district has spent significant sums on outside counsel while workers still lack pay increases.
Heikis Williams, who identified himself as president of Power Professionals Local Authority, told the board the union sought negotiation rather than arbitration and said the district's legal costs have been large while members saw limited wage gains.
Williams said the union had petitioned the board…
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