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District office staff and health specialists urge higher pay as contract talks continue
Summary
Office professionals and district health-care specialists addressed the board during public comment asking for larger wage increases and more flexible allocation of funds amid rising insurance costs and a new paid-family-leave deduction; negotiations continue with a meeting scheduled Oct. 28.
Office professionals and district health-care specialists urged the South Washington County Schools board Thursday to increase the dollar amount the district proposes for their contract group and to allow more flexible allocation of funds across employees.
Jennifer Johansen, an office coordinator who said she has worked in the district 20 years, told the board the district’s current economic proposal includes a 0.5% wage increase and that about 40% of office staff are already at the top of the pay scale. She said the…
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