Under the budget plan, a custodian for the Division of Motor Vehicles will receive a $1,000 pay raise this year while a custodian for a public school will receive $500.

Teamsters Local 391 has learned that the House leadership has caved to Senate demands that non-teachers working in the public schools receive half the raise ($500) as rank-and-file state employees ($1000).   This is an unprecedented pay structure and one that treats public school custodians and bus drivers as half the employee of custodians and bus drivers working for state government.  

Teamsters Local 391 President Mike McGaha issued a call to all Teamsters to contact House budget writers today and Tuesday and ask that this inequity be corrected.  "This is flat wrong for budget writers to treat workers we entrust with our children as half the importance of those working in state government," said McGaha.  "If $1,000 is good enough for state government workers, then it should be good enough for our employees, who are some of the lowest paid employees in the state."  

McGaha wants Teamsters Local 391 members to call and write these legislators:

The following are Representatives and Co-Chairs of the House Appropriations Committee:

Nelson Dollar (919-715-0795) nelson.dollar@ncleg.net

Justin Burr (919-733-5908) justin.burr@ncleg.net

Bryan Holloway (919-733-5609) bryan.holloway@ncleg.net

Linda Johnson (919-733-5861) linda.johnson2@ncleg.net

"We are asking for the same $1000 raise as all other North Carolina state employees," said McGaha.  "That's all we want our members to say to these legislators."