On September 28th, the service employees of the Palm Beach County School District voted and unanimously approved a health insurance proposal that will take affect January 1, 2012.
After all the votes were cast, 777 district employees voted, with 522, or 67%, voting to approve the the proposal. 189 employees, or 24%, voted against the proposal.
This proposal, which was negotiated together with the teachers, police and secretaries union, will result in a small increase in health insurance premiums for employees. These increases will be roughly $12.50 per month for the most popular plans were much lower then the $90 originally proposed by the school district.
This proposal was also successful in saving health insurance coverage for part time workers. Part time district employees will be “grandfathered into the system and will not receive a premium increase.
School District members also voted on their 2011 bargaining team. Congratulations to the following people for being selected by their peers to join the FPSU bargaining team:
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- Carry Alderman
- Natalie Alderman
- Cassandra Johnson
- Joyce Lynch
- Pauline Cochran
- Howard McKinon
- Anthony Green
- Althema McCallister
- Cecil Guffey
- Renee Hightower
- Jane Brown
- Virgil Vergia
- Ira Bryant
- Eunice Terrell
- Donna Schendra
- Clarissa Longoria