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Speaker urges ongoing COLAs for SEIU 521 county employees, cites recruitment and inflation concerns
Summary
During public comment at the Sept. 9 Kern County supervisors meeting, Karen Bissard urged the board to provide ongoing cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) for SEIU 521-represented workers, citing slow historical wage growth for some classifications and a grand-jury finding that social-worker pay remains low.
Karen Bissard addressed the Kern County Board of Supervisors during the public-comment portion of the Sept. 9 meeting and asked the board to provide ongoing cost-of-living adjustments for employees represented by SEIU Local 521. Bissard said continued COLAs would help with recruitment and retention problems and reduce future disparities that previously required large one-time adjustments for…
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