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Richardson County Members Fight for Raises at Impasse Trial
April 1, 2025
Fourteen NAPE/AFSCME members who work for the Richardson County Roads Department who have not had a pay raise since 2022 took their case for fair pay to the Nebraska Commission of Industrial Relations (CIR) in late March.
The Richardson County Commissioners have refused to reach an agreement on a new labor contract containing wage increases unless NAPE members would agree to give up a number of items in our union contract, including safety protections, grievance procedures, disciplinary rules, and more.
Since 2022, the County Commissioners salaries have increased their own salaries by 40%, and they have spent more than $140,000 on legal fees instead of investing in their employees. The County Commissioners actions were profiled in a recent article in the Flatwater Free Press.
To protect their rights, our Richardson County members filed an impasse case at the CIR asking the CIR to set wages based on market rates in comparable counties in accordance with state law.
FULL story: https://napeafscme.org/2025/04/01/richardson-county-members-fight-for-raises-at-impasse-trial/