Support staff union wants arbitrator to rule on health insurance dispute with CCSD

Friday, Feb. 1, 2013 | 3:21 p.m.

The local school support staff union is calling for an arbitrator to settle its health insurance dispute with the Clark County School District. For months the Education Support Employees Association has been lobbying the School District to lower support staffers' health premiums, which began to triple for some members in July 2012. The increases were set in motion the previous summer, when the School District was looking to consolidate its employer health care plans. In that process – which did not come to fruition –insurance plans for the district's 11,000 support staff employees were changed to include the same benefits, ...

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By boftx

Feb. 1, 2013

3:46 p.m.

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Never mind what the District wants to do or not do for the union, what do we, the taxpayers, want to do?!?
By tbvegas

Feb. 1, 2013

5:11 p.m.

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Nothing. They made their bed.
By chuck333

Feb. 2, 2013

12:55 p.m.

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Do they get paid twice per month? If so $242.00 a pay check is very reasonable. Thats less than 6 grand a year for two people. So whats the problem?