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County employees press supervisors to preserve health benefits as bargaining stalls
Summary
Dozens of county employees and Teamsters representatives urged supervisors to maintain current health-benefit contributions and negotiate in good faith, warning of turnover, safety impacts and higher long-term costs if benefits are cut.
A sustained wave of public comment at the start of the meeting focused on the ongoing negotiations between Shasta County and four Teamsters bargaining units, with workers and union representatives urging the Board of Supervisors not to reduce employer-paid health contributions.
Don Duckett, speaking for Teamsters-aligned workers, said the county could find revenue through options such as reinstating municipal impact fees or reallocating budget priorities. “We could come up with some extra money to make that happen,” he…
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