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The NC legislature is working on the budget right now. Some want to permanently cut thousands of vacant state positions and call it savings. #ncga #ncpol SEANC's position: don't cut the jobs. Fix the pay. 🧵

@ArdisWatkins @kellymccullen @PatMcCroryNC @MyPBSNC Surely @PatMcCroryNC remembers us.

@kellymccullen @PatMcCroryNC @MyPBSNC Correctional officers (never prison guards) have great representation. We secured more serious felony for assaulting them, fought hard for their pay plan & lobbied to double their death benefit. We still have more to do for everyone within the walls but @seanc gets results #ncpol

Pay raises are part of the NC budget discussion this Spring/Summer. Well-organized employee groups can communicate & apply political pressure, but former NC Gov. @PatMcCroryNC highlights one group of state workers, he believes, need attention. #ncpol #Statelines @MyPBSNC

PODCAST: This week we take an in depth look at the budget proposal for raises & bonuses, and possible job cuts. #ncga #ncpol youtu.be/omMyyBrwDZ4?si…

Our arguments against cutting jobs are breaking through. The media are taking note. Legislators must recognize it as a pay crisis, not a problem of government bloat. #ncga #ncpol ncnewsline.com/2026/05/15/sta…

Employees at Craggy Correctional have been informed that the prison will close later this summer. NC’s population has increased by 20% in the last two decades and it is projected to be one of the fastest growing states in the country for years to come. And yet, we have closed 22% of our prisons in that time. #ncga #ncpol wlos.com/news/local/cra…

3% while inflation is chewing through paychecks is ok for “regular” state employees, but we are trying to do even more for teachers? A polite way of telling employees who keep the state operating (including k-12 non teaching employees) they aren’t valued. @SEANC

NC’s population has grown 20% over the last 20 years but we have closed 22% of the prisons. Word is that another one of those prisons is about to be closed and possibly sold to a developer? Are we worried about public safety or private profit? #ncpol @SEANC

SEANC leadership from across the state is gathering in Apex this weekend for our quarterly Board of Governors Meeting, with special guest including the Executive Director of the North Carolina Retirement System Sam Watts, and State Auditor Dave Boliek.

You already know what it's like to come to work short-staffed. Now the legislature is considering making that permanent — by permanently eliminating the vacant positions around you. Don't let that happen without saying something. Contact your legislator today. It takes five minutes, and it matters. Contact your legislator: mstr.app/39f9d4f0-cc5f-… See the data: jobsdata.seanc.org #SEANC #NCStateEmployees #NorthCarolina #NCBudget #ncga #ncpol

The hardest working association President in the country (Wendell Powell) dropped in for the SEANC View podcast today! @seanc #ncpol @MrWendell19

Thanks to everyone who came out to our Wake County Retiree Forum this week! Retirees, we have created a special web page to keep you informed! Visit retirees.seanc.org to check it out!

Vacant doesn't mean unnecessary. It means underpaid. The legislature should fund the workforce NC needs—not eliminate positions and call it done. Call your legislator. Share this. Make noise. jobsdata.seanc.org #NCStateEmployees #NCBudget #SEANC #ncga #ncpol

NC has added less than 1% to its state workforce since 2009. It has added 2 million residents. Virginia and Georgia further expanded their workforces. Both outperform NC economically. You can't shrink your way to a stronger state. #ncga #ncpol

Cutting ALL long-vacant positions saves $138 million. NC's budget: $30.8 billion. Less than half of one percent — and it would gut corrections, health care, and public safety staffing. That's not fiscal responsibility. That's a workforce reduction. #ncga #ncpol

Correctional officers: 3rd lowest starting salary in the country. State RNs: $22,000 below the national average. 55% vacancy rate. Highway Patrol: 49th out of 50 states in starting pay. These aren't numbers. These are your coworkers' empty chairs. #ncga #ncpol

The NC legislature is working on the budget right now. Some want to permanently cut thousands of vacant state positions and call it savings. #ncga #ncpol SEANC's position: don't cut the jobs. Fix the pay. 🧵

34% of vacant NC state positions are empty because the pay isn't competitive. Not because the work isn't needed. Not because the jobs don't matter. Because we don't pay enough to fill them. #ncga #ncpol jobsdata.seanc.org

Just because a job is vacant doesn’t mean it’s not necessary, said @ArdisWatkins. She said if job cuts are on the table, agency leaders need to have a role in the discussions. “I'm extremely concerned, and I hope that there will be thorough public meetings with agency heads reporting to explain what their agency does, so that we know if these cuts hurt the public or not,” Watkins said. wral.com/news/nccapitol…

@NCAuditorBoliek @AndySpecht @BryanRAnderson @MichaelPerchick @will_doran @Lynn_Bonner @dawnbvaughan @LucianaPerezUb @sarah_michels13 @rustyjacobsWUNC @byEduardoMedina @MKeelyNews @carolineyaffatv @LauraLeslie @AviBajpaiNC @kyle_ingram11

@NCAuditorBoliek SEANC has built an interactive dashboard using the auditor's own data. Plain language. The full picture. #ncga #ncpol 👉 jobsdata.seanc.org

.@NCAuditorBoliek's report says NC salaries "should be competitive with surrounding states." That's been @SEANC's position for years. The data is in. Now it's the legislature's turn. jobsdata.seanc.org | #NCStateEmployees

@RaleighReporter @ncspeakerhall Hey Colin, this may interest you: jobsdata.seanc.org

I asked @ncspeakerhall about this yesterday. His answer: "There's no agreement on that yet" but "if we can take those (vacant position) dollars and use them, I would like to use them for salary increases for the other folks there." #ncpol #ncga