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Committee member says asking lowest-paid employees to defer COLA is unfair

Unknown body · May 6, 2026
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A committee member told the meeting that asking the lowest-paid employees to defer a cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) while higher-paid staff continue to see step increases and bonuses is unfair; the speaker supported the proposal but proposed freezing wage-scale movement for all as a concession.

A committee member said during a meeting that asking the lowest-paid employees to defer a cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) while higher-paid staff continue to receive performance-based bonuses and step increases is unfair. "To sit there and ask our lowest paid to defer and then turn around and defer a COLA for... it's not right," the…

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