PAL-CWA Members Raise Awareness About Staffing Shortages

Members of the Personnel Association of Lawrence (PAL)-CWA (CWA Local 6400) rallied during the Lawrence (Kansas) High School homecoming parade to call attention to staffing shortages. There are currently more than 70 open, classified staff positions, with food service and paraeducators being some of the hardest-hit job classifications. Lawrence High School kitchen staff members say they are exhausted, and they are each doing the jobs of four or five people. “We love our students. We can’t give them the kind of education they deserve when our classrooms and kitchens don’t have staff because our wages are so low,” said Hannah Allison-Natale, PAL-CWA President.