Wealth gap

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Posted by Nancy Oates on June 3, 2019

http://chapelhillwatch.com/2019/06/03/wealth-gap/

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  1. CitizenWill

     /  June 3, 2019

    Nancy, I suggest you review what OWASA did in 2013 to address the same wage increase issue.

    The Human Resources Committee charged staff to come up with a pay scale increase that wasn’t as lopsided – a “reverse Robin Hood” – that ended up being a good step in the right direction.

    The beginning of our discussion:

    https://www.owasa.org/Data/Sites/1/media/about/committees/agendas-committees/hrcommittee/2013/10-03-2013%20hr%20committee%20packet.pdf

    I haven’t kept as close tabs on the issue in the last few years but believe that the goals we set for future pay alignments were not achieved to the level we expected (I could be wrong on this).

  2. Deborah Fulghieri

     /  June 5, 2019

    Another, long-term effect that cements a wealth gap is that Social Security and pensions are based on a retiree’s compensation while employed.

    The town’s management are and have long been aware of the effects of how they structure raises.

  3. Nancy Oates

     /  June 5, 2019

    And that significantly impacts women, who continue to be paid less than men, who may take some years off to raise children and return to the workforce at a lower pay level, or who piece together part-time jobs to have the flexibility to take care of family for years.

  4. Tom Field

     /  June 6, 2019

    I think the only reason many people on the Council call themselves Democrats is because (A) it helps get them elected (B) they are happy to just cast easy, meaningless symbolic votes on national issues —

  5. Plurimus

     /  June 9, 2019

    Nancy,

    Thank you for this blog. It speaks to the issues facing the town, taxpayers and voters and offer a opportunity to discuss. I hope you choose to run again in the fall.