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County employees and unions urge larger raises; speakers call 2.5% proposal insufficient
Summary
Multiple public commenters and a labor business agent urged the Board of Supervisors to raise county employee wages well above the proposed 2.5–3% increase, citing rising costs of living and localized hardships after layoffs and plant closures.
Several county employees, union representatives and residents used the public-comment period on June 10 to urge the Board of Supervisors to grant larger pay increases than the 2.5–3% cost-of-living adjustment the county proposed.
Carla Flores, identified as the long-term care ombudsman coordinator for Imperial County's Area Agency on Aging, told the board the 2.5% raise is "insulting" and does not reflect rising prices for…
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