Youngstown school board approves contracts with two unions

YOUNGSTOWN — The city school board approved two-year contracts with two of its unions, leaving the teachers contract the only one left to be approved.

Both pacts call for raises of 1 percent in each of the two years.

The 295-member American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees union includes secretaries, food-service workers and custodians. The crafts unions include seven or eight plumbers, electricians and carpenters.

The board approved the pacts tonigh.

The pay for AFSCME members ranges from $12.66 per hour for a cafeteria cook to about $48,000 annually for a custodian at the top of the pay scale.

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