Five Youngstown workers learn their last day will be Sept. 18

YOUNGSTOWN — Eighteen city workers were supposed to be off the payroll today in a move to reduce the cash-strapped municipality’s general fund deficit.

But five of them will continue to work for another two weeks, said Cicero Davis, president of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 2312, which represents those employees. Their last day working for the city is Sept. 18, he said.

That’s because the city failed to consult with the union until a few days before Aug. 21, the day layoff notices were given to 18 workers, to determine seniority among those losing their jobs, Davis said.

The city told 18 of its workers — seven full-timers and 11 who work part-time — on Aug. 21 that they wouldn’t be employed by Youngstown beginning today.

AFSCME members on the layoff list with more seniority are able to take the jobs of those with less seniority, as long as they’re qualified to do that work, said Davis and Kyle Miasek, the city’s deputy finance director.

To simplify matters, the city agreed to keep those five full-time workers on the payroll until Sept. 18, Davis said.

The other 13 employees on the layoff list worked their last day Friday for the city.

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