Youngstown BOE rejects proposed contracts with AFSCME, other unions

YOUNGSTOWN

The city school board, citing uncertainty over district finances, has rejected proposed contracts with its American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees union workers and its crafts unions employees.

The 295 AFSCME workers (secretaries, food-service workers, custodians) and seven or eight crafts people (plumbers, electricians, carpenters) had earlier ratified the two-year agreements that called for 1 percent pay raises each year.

Anthony Catale said the board was under a time constraint under Ohio public employee bargaining law that required a vote on the pacts this week.

It’s not that the board is extremely displeased with the contract terms, it’s that the board is uncertain of the status of district finances, he said.

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