After boosting the sales tax in Cook County, Preckwinkle now wants $130 million in pay hikes

Crain's Chicago Business reports:

Just two weeks after raising the sales tax to pay for pensions, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle is moving to give tens of millions of dollars a year in pay hikes to county workers.

Legislation introduced yesterday by the county chief would extend raises of up to 6.5 percent throughout county government. Only those who make more than $200,000 in annual salary would be excluded.

The proposal, sent to a Cook County Board committee for review, extends to other unionized employees new contracts with some county unions that were negotiated earlier this year.

It then goes a step further: It proposes granting raises to nonunion workers, too.

The price tag totals roughly $130 million in raises over a five-year period—$50 million alone in fiscal 2016.

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