St. E’s, Teamsters have tentative pact

St. E’s, Teamsters have tentative pact

YOUNGSTOWN

St. Elizabeth Health Center and Teamsters Local 377 have reached a tentative agreement on a contract for the more than 700 service workers at the hospital represented by the union.

The previous contract expired May 24, and a subsequent offer was voted down by the union membership in June.

This time, however, the tentative agreement is supported unanimously by the union’s bargaining committee. Voting on the tentative pact will be today and Thursday.

The union and the hospital recognize the uncertainty created by the status of the national and local economy and national health reform and have worked for a fair agreement without work disruption, according to their joint press release issued Tuesday.

Job recruitment for Comfort Keepers

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The Mahoning County One-Stop will host a job- recruitment event for in-home care provider Comfort Keepers on Friday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the One-Stop, located at 141 Boardman-Canfield Road. Local residents interested in part-time employment as home health aides are encouraged to attend. Comfort Keepers has shifts available in Youngstown, Warren, East Palestine, East Liverpool, Salem, Damascus and East Rochester.

For information, contact Danita Logan at 330-965-1787, ext. 7115.

FirstEnergy seeks energy-credit bids

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FirstEnergy’s Ohio utilities — Ohio Edison, Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company and Toledo Edison — have started a Request for Proposal process for renewable-energy credits and solar renewable-energy credits for 2010 and 2011.

For 2010, the companies are looking for bids for solar renewable-energy credits generated in Ohio and that can be delivered to Ohio, and renewable-energy credits generated in Ohio.

For 2011, the companies are looking for both types of renewable-energy credits generated in Ohio or deliverable into Ohio. The Request for Proposal will take place Aug. 3.

F.N.B. closes financing deal

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F.N.B. Capital Corp., a merchant-banking subsidiary of F.N.B. Corp., announced Tuesday the closing of a mezzanine-financing transaction with Remote DBA Experts, a Pittsburgh-based provider of remote database-management services.

The mezzanine financing provided by F.N.B. Capital Corp. will be used to facilitate the leveraged spinout of Remote DBA Experts from its parent company, Contemporary Technologies Inc. F.N.B. Capital Corp.’s investment also will be used to pursue strategic growth opportunities that leverage Remote DBA Experts’s position as a leading provider of remote database services, the bank said in a press release.

Staff reports