Trumbull OKs job and family contract

WARREN -- Trumbull County commissioners have approved a three-year employment contract with the 151 unionized workers at the county department of Jobs and Family Services.
The new pact, ratified by American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees local 458 last week, calls for a 1 percent wage increase in the second year and a 2 percent increase in the third year.
The employer will also increase funding for employees' retirement plan by 2.5 percent in the first year and 2 percent in the second year. Employees will also receive a $600 signing bonus.
The new contract takes effect Aug. 1.
All increases are being absorbed by federal and state funding. No additional money from the county is being requested, said JFS director Tom Mahoney.
Hourly pay for union employees will range from $10.74 to about $15 an hour in the first year of the contract.