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Board approves tentative SEIU Local 721 agreement after debate over long-term cost pressures
Summary
The Board approved a tentative agreement with SEIU Local 721 covering wages, benefits and caseload language by a 4-1 vote, with one supervisor citing concerns about long-term budget impacts and reserve depletion.
Riverside County supervisors voted 4-1 on April 2 to approve a tentative agreement with SEIU Local 721 that negotiators said improves pay, benefits and caseload protections for social-service practitioners and other county employees.
Eloy (Eloy) Alvarez, SEIU’s regional director for the bargaining unit, described months of negotiations and urged the board to approve a tentative agreement that he said was the product of compromise and will help…
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