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Classified staff and unions push back after retirement incentive appears limited to certificated teachers
Summary
Union leaders and classified employees sharply criticized a proposed ‘golden handshake’ retirement incentive that, as announced, would be offered only to certificated teachers. District officials said expanding the offer to all employees is not currently within the budget, and trustees asked staff for additional financial summaries.
Union leaders and classified employees asked the Hacienda La Puente Unified School District board on Wednesday to extend a proposed retirement incentive to include classified staff, saying excluding those workers would be unfair and risk fracturing staff unity.
"On October 31, SEIU was informed that a golden handshake offer would be presented at this board meeting, but only for certificated employees," said Laura Silva, chief steward of SEIU Local 99. "While we understand the rationale behind this proposal, its exclusion of classified employees sends a clear and painful message that our members are not respected or valued."
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