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City employees urge council to meet with AFSCME negotiators and approve wage adjustments
Summary
Multiple AFSCME local leaders and members appeared during citizens'request to press the council for a fair contract. Speakers described front-line, behind-the-scenes municipal work at Lincoln Library, Oak Ridge Cemetery and other departments, said members are among the lowest-paid city employees and asked the mayor and council to sit down with the
AFSCME Local representatives and multiple city employees urged the Committee of the Whole to meet with union negotiators and approve equitable wage increases, saying members perform essential but often unseen work across many departments.
Union leaders from AFSCME Local 37/38 and members who identified themselves by name described duties that include billing and customer service at CWLP, cemetery operations, library services, road and permit coordination, and administrative tasks that keep departments functioning. "We are the backbone of the city," said Amy Washington, president of AFSCME 37/38.…
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