MOBILE, Ala. (NBC 15) — Prichard Public Works employees say low pay and unanswered complaints led them to stage a protest this week. Mayor Carletta Davis says says her proposed budget includes more personnel funding for public works but the city council has to pass it. Workers say they want answers now and dispute the budget guarantees raises.
“If you don’t stand for something, you’ll fall for anything,” said Mario Yow.
Yow and Daniel Phillips came to the Mobile County Personnel Board Wednesday morning to file grievances against the city of Prichard. Yow says eight out of 20 workers in the department are filing them. They say they’re overworked, underpaid, and don’t have proper working equipment. They say they’re conducting a sit-in protest, not walking off, and were told by a supervisor to leave…