AUSTIN, Texas (KXAN) -- Austin Independent School District cafeteria workers, custodians and others are trying to focus school board attention on their paychecks.
"A family of three needs over $35,000 a year to cover health care, to cover for transportation, to cover for rent, to cover for food, to cover for clothing, all those basic necessities. And a lot of these workers barely make $10,000 a year," said Chavel Lopez with the Southwest Workers Union.
One major complaint is that cafeteria workers have to pay for their own uniforms, shoes, hair nets and gloves.
The Southwest Workers Union presented a living wage study to the school board and hopes to spur more discussion soon.
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