About 70 workers in the Mosquito Abatement and Rodent Control District and the Constable Department received pay raises at last night’s Metro Council meeting in Baton Rouge.
SEIU Local 21 LA thanks the Metro Council for its leadership in addressing the problem of severely underpaid workers.
The Constable’s Office will receive $135,000 to give officers raises, bringing them closer to the city police officers’ pay grade. Mosquito Abatement and Rodent Control District received 6 percent raises.
The workers, their families, their communities and their Union appreciate and recognize the Metro Council’s actions. More money for city-parish workers means more money for the Baton Rouge economy. These workers live in the Baton Rouge area and will spend their money at home. This money will go right back into the local economy.
Not only does SEIU Local 21 LA fight for better wages for city-parish workers and Union members, SEIU Local 21 LA believes that ALL workers throughout Baton Rouge need a pay increase.
21 LA members talk with Mayor Pro Tem and Councilman Mike Walker after the Metro Council meeting on December 13, 2011.
More money for Baton Rouge workers, means more money for Baton Rouge.
SEIU Local 21 LA will continue to fight for raises for DPW workers.
