SEBA agrees to defer pay raises for one year
The San Bernardino County Safety Employees Benefit Association, the labor union representing sheriff's deputies, district attorney's investigators and coroner investitagators, has agreed to forgo salary increases of between 3 percent and 3.25 percent for one year.
The deferrals will save the county about $5.7 million.
According to union president William Abernathie, the union's four bargaining groups voted as follows:
* Specialized Peace Officer Supervisory Unit: 85.25-percent voted "yes" and 14.75-percent voted "no."
* Specialized Peace Officer Unit: 55.03-percent voted "yes" and 44.97-percent voted "no."
* Safety Unit: 76.70-percent voted "yes" and 23.30-percent voted "no."
* Safety Management Unit: 92.90-percent voted "yes" and 7.10-percent voted "no."
"I am very proud of my members; not only for their day-to-day dedication of putting their lives on the line, but also their willingness to put other county employee jobs before their own," Abernathie said in a news release issued today.
The Safety Employees' Association also represents probation officers, welfare fraud investigators, and hazardous materials investigators.
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