MCS Support Staff Negotiations - Numbers Please

As of Friday, the Norwich School Board and Marion Cross School Support Staff — educational assistants and custodians — have not reached agreement on a new labor agreement. The big sticking points are pay and health insurance. The School Board says the pay increases of  over 12% over two years will offset the increase in premiums and out-of-pockets union members are expected to pay. A recent listserv post disagrees, saying “many Norwich support staff stand to lose money.”

If support staff are net losers, then they have a valid point. What is missing are numbers supporting the union’s position. To be sure, support staff do not make big bucks. Still, the Fact Finder stated the wage proposal “should enable employees to absorb the higher health insurance costs and still realize a wage increase [that will] more than keep pace with recent cost of living increases.” Report at 28.

If the union could not convince the Fact Finder, they need a better pitch to the school board (and public) to show support staff end up losing money.  Numbers please.
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LINK: Fact Finder's Report for MCS Support Staff
https://www.sau70.org/uploaded/School_Boards/Norwich/Norwich_School_District_Support_Staff_(Fact_Finding).pdf