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Teachers tell Ann Arbor board rising insurance costs will feel like pay cuts; union bargaining urged to follow prior budget assumptions
Summary
Multiple teachers and staff told the board students and classrooms are at risk if insurance premium increases and stalled salary steps are not addressed; speakers asked the district to negotiate using previously publicized assumptions for raises and health contributions.
Teachers and school staff used public-comment time to warn the Ann Arbor Public Schools board that anticipated health-insurance premium increases would amount to effective pay cuts and that the district should honor prior budget assumptions in bargaining.
"We simply cannot continue to support ourselves or our families under these conditions," said a teacher who described a 17.5% increase in insurance premiums and referenced…
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