As Fresno Unified retirees scrambled this winter amid stalled healthcare negotiations, the district’s elected trustees doubled their own pay.
The vague language that the Fresno Unified Board of Education used during a January board meeting frustrated workers and union leaders, who fear looming layoffs and pay cuts as the district tries to balance a projected $59 million deficit.
“It is so easy for you all to talk about cuts for frontline workers,” veteran groundkeeper Albert Rojas told the trustees on Feb. 11, “while you so eagerly approve for more for yourselves.”…