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Residents press Rocky Mount council on longevity pay changes and sound the alarm on a proposed mega data center
Summary
During public comment, residents criticized removal or changes to longevity pay as potentially illegal and lacking transparency and urged the council to oppose a proposed 900-megawatt data center at Kingsborough Industrial Park over resource and safety concerns.
Residents used the Dec. 8 public comment period at the Rocky Mount City Council meeting to raise two distinct but consequential concerns: proposed changes to employee longevity pay and a proposed large-scale data center at Kingsborough Industrial Park.
Tasha Aldridge told the council longevity pay "is an earned compensation" and argued that removing it violates federal and state wage laws. "When an employer commits to paying longevity ... that commitment becomes binding," Aldridge said, adding that she is "waiting on an opinion letter" from state authorities and the U.S. Department of Labor (FLSA)…
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