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SEIU Local 99 urges district to use prior-year health-plan savings to help workers
Summary
SEIU Local 99 told the board negotiations are stalled over healthcare costs and performance incentives and proposed redistributing realized prior-year savings so employees get temporary relief without adding long-term district expenses.
Laura Silva, chief steward for SEIU Local 99, asked the board to explore using realized prior-year savings in the district health plan to provide immediate relief to bargaining-unit employees while negotiations continue.
Silva said the union's bargaining team had proposed creative, nonrecurring options and that a 2.5% increase offered by the district would not cover recent premium rises or a projected 12% increase next year. She urged the district to consider redistributing a portion of savings from prior fiscal years so employees enrolled in district health benefits could receive additional assistance while others receive one-time stipends. "We respectfully ask the board to encourage the district's chief negotiator to explore this proposal in good faith," Silva said.
The board did not take an immediate vote on the union proposal and moved on to agenda items; district negotiators and the superintendent discussed bargaining-process items later in the meeting.
