YSU fires union president who’s facing criminal charge

YOUNGSTOWN — Youngstown State University has fired the president of its Association of Classified Employees union.

Ivan Maldonado, 41, of Boardman, was notified of his termination earlier this week, according to a YSU spokesman.

Maldonado, an employee of the YSU payroll department, had been placed on administrative leave with pay since March 13 after another ACE union employee filed a criminal complaint against him accusing him of making what she felt was a threatening telephone call to her on March 10.

Maldonado was later charged with one misdemeanor count of menacing in Youngstown municipal court and faced an Aug. 5 trial date.

The university’s action against him prompted the ACE union to file an unfair labor practice charge with the State Employment Relations Board, charging that the action against Maldonado and the union are part of an ongoing and concerted effort to discredit and neutralize the union leadership.

ACE is a union for nonteaching employees.

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