Should all state employees and teachers get the same raise? Republicans proposal gets rejected

One Republican legislator wants to see the money available for state worker raises divided evenly this year – with an estimated $1,220 going to each employee, including teachers.

Rep. Jonathan Jordan, an Ashe County Republican, filed a budget amendment Thursday evening to make that approach the House’s plan for employee and teacher pay this year and the following year.

“That is the best investment we can make in our state employees,” Jordan said. “Stagnant wages and better options elsewhere make it difficult to retain skilled workers in our state.”

The State Employees Association of North Carolina had issued a statement Wednesday suggesting the even split of raise money, saying it would be “easily done without raising the legislature’s self-imposed spending cap and would change lives.”

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