Employees to get 3 percent raise
HOLLISTER
The contract negotiations that led about 100 county workers to demonstrate for higher wages in September have been resolved.
A full “memorandum of understanding” is still being drawn up, said union negotiator Lori Woodle, but it’s largely “a formality.” The San Benito County Board of Supervisors has already approved a number of salary changes, including a 3 percent, across-the-board increase.
“I believe we reached a good contract,” said Woodle, also an accountant with the San Benito County Sheriff’s Office. “It’s fair to a lot of groups of people.”
The changes also include an additional 2.5 percent raise at the completion of an employee’s 20th, 25th and 30th years with the county, as well as pay for correctional training officers, juvenile hall training officers and communications training officers.
The county’s salary list is “in transition” as the new MOU is prepared and administrators continue to negotiate with the union for mid-level managers, Credico said.
