Santa Fe union workers get pay raise
Members of the largest city workers' union are set to get $220,000 worth of pay raises following the City Council's unanimous approval of a budget plan tonight.
Raises in apply to all of the union members, with greater increases going to those on the lower end of the pay scale. A last-minute substitution meant that union members got less than they had originally hoped for, but they were enthusiastic nonetheless.
Representatives from the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees local initially asked for $409,000 for its "pay equity plan" to be included in the city budget for the upcoming fiscal year, but disagreements over how to allocate that money plagued negotiators. City Manager Erik Litzenberg tells SFR that the final plan presented to the council was completed only hours before Wednesday's meeting, too late for the new proposal to be included in the publicly available information packet.
Instead, City Attorney Erin McSherry gave councilors a short memo explaining the new proposal.
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(Santa Fe Reporter)