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BigmanPigman

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7. When I worked for the city as a teacher our salaries were frozen for 5 years

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Sat Dec 29, 2018, 08:54 PM

Dec 2018

and that includes COLA. This was during the Bush/Obama years due to the bad economy. This effected everyone's retirement too since it is based on the highest pay of the last 3 years worked. Local govt employees are often screwed but no one ever hears of it.

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