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Union leaders urge council to approve contract after near-unanimous ratification; residents raise fund-balance concerns
Summary
Union negotiators and workers urged the National City City Council to approve a recently ratified labor contract; some residents warned the pay increases could deplete the city's unassigned fund balance and asked for clearer fiscal disclosures.
Carla Panategui, chapter president for SEIU Municipal Employees of National City, told the City Council that 98% of her union’s members voted to ratify a proposed contract and urged the council to approve it. "Yes. When we were explaining to them what they were gonna benefit on that contract, a lot of our members got very emotional," Panategui said during public comment.
Roslyn Cassidy, senior organizing representative and lead negotiator for the municipal workers, also asked the council to approve the agreement and summarized benefits included in the deal. "COLA increases of more than 16% over 13 years," Cassidy said, and she cited higher bilingual pay, residential pay, student loan…
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