SEANC lobbyists have worked hard this week to gather bipartisan support for a bill to grant a $2,400 pay increase for all state employees and another for a 2-percent cost-of-living adjustment for retirees.
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Gov. Roy Cooper’s pick for Secretary of Transportation, Jim Trogdon, appeared before a Senate committee Wednesday for confirmation hearings. The committee approved his nomination, as did the full Senate.
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SEANC believes the state is facing a crisis in state employee compensation and retiree pension payments. One-in-three state employees make less than $31,000 a year. More than a few of these employees have worked for the state for decades and still haven't worked up to that salary.
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Gov. Roy Cooper unveiled his first state budget proposal for 2017-2019 on Wednesday that included a 2 percent or $800 salary increase (whichever is greater) for state employees, as well as a $500 one-time bonus and a one-time bonus of 1.5 percent for retirees instead of a cost-of-living adjustment.
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The following is a response from SEANC Executive Director Mitch Leonard on this morning's budget proposal announcement from Gov. Roy Cooper.
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We saw our first official movement on the budget this week on a couple of fronts. Appropriations subcommittees began meeting to discuss rules and procedures, and SEANC’s lobbyists continued meeting with legislators individually to voice our concerns.
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State budget negotiations haven’t started in earnest yet at the General Assembly, but the behind-the-scenes chatter has begun.
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Budget officials announced Thursday that the state has surplus revenue of $552 million heading into the state budget debate – a larger surplus than it had in the last two years.
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The General Assembly has done little more than assign committees and introduce a flurry of new legislation in week two of the 2017 long session.
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The proposed merger between ECU Physicians Group and Vidant Medical Group stands to put 1,200 state employee positions and benefits at risk. Since news of the merger broke, SEANC has been vocal with ECU that employee rights must be protected at all costs above promised profits and special interests. The fight before us is nowhere near over and we are calling on ALL state employees and retirees to stand together and let all of North Carolina know that ECU is not for sale.
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