SEANC spoke out this week against an attempt to weaken the state retirement system by moving all new hires to a 401k plan and doing away with retiree health care coverage for anyone hired after July 1, 2018.
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The state was shocked by heartbreaking news on Wednesday that a sergeant at Bertie Correctional Institution was attacked and killed by an inmate. Sgt. Meggan Lee Callahan, 29, was a member of SEANC District 63 and had been since 2012. We mourn her passing and pray for her family and friends in this difficult time.
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SEANC is in full “pay raise and cost-of-living adjustment” mode right now, as the House and Senate continue work on their state budget proposals.
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We need members to reach out to your legislators to ask them to hear the bills! It doesn't cost the state a dime to discuss these bills in committee, so there's no reason not to have a good debate over what state employee pay and retiree COLA should be this year.
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SEANC retirees showed up in force once again this week to advocate for House Bill 497, which would grant a 2-percent cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) in the upcoming budget.
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The likelihood of true, meaningful pay raises for state employees and cost-of-living adjustments for retirees got huge lifts this week when bills were filed for both by prominent Republican legislators!
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SEANC’s Executive Committee gathered at the N.C. Executive Mansion on Thursday to witness Gov. Roy Cooper sign an Executive Order to guarantee access for SEANC to best represent the needs of state employees throughout state government.
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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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