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| Corrections officers hopeful state-mandated raises |
| By wpsdlocal6.com- Elizabeth Fields |
| Published: 01/27/2014 |
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EDDYVILLE, Ky. - Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear wants to give state employees a raise. In his budget address, he proposed 5 percent raises for anyone making $27,000 or less. Anyone making between 27 and 36-thousand would get a 3 percent raise. According to the Governor's Office, those two categories alone make up half of the all state employees. That also makes up a large number of corrections officers who've been fighting for increased pay for years. A current corrections officer estimates approximately 80 percent of people working at the State Penitentiary in Eddyville, Kentucky, would qualify for the highest level of raises. While he says that is a start, he's not sure it's enough to get them to stay. Larry Bland, the President of the Barkley Lodge Fraternal Order of Police, says that they haven't gotten a raise in the last two budget periods, and the governor's speech shocked him, to say the least. Read More. |
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