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Municipal employee urges Santa Barbara City Council to fix alleged misclassification and pay shortfalls; council enters closed session
Summary
Charles Schmidt, a municipal employee represented by SIU Local 620, told the March 3 special meeting the general unit remains misclassified, underpaid and overworked, and asked the council to address alleged contract violations. The council recessed into closed session and is due to reconvene at 2 p.m.
Charles Schmidt, a municipal employee who said he represents the general unit covered by SIU Local 620, told the Santa Barbara City Council at a March 3 special meeting that members of his unit remain misclassified, underpaid and overworked and urged the council to act.
Schmidt spoke during public comment and said the city has used vacancy retention as a budget tool “a nuestras expensas.” He criticized a consultant classification study presented last year as “plagado de imprecisiones” and said the study’s findings have not been implemented for his unit. He added that the unit’s ongoing…
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