Mathews nonteaching personnel set March 14 strike date

VIENNA — The union representing the Mathews School District’s 30 nonteaching employees has issued a 10-day strike notice for March 14 over stalemated contract negotiations.

Local 611 of the Ohio Association of Public School Employees represents bus drivers, cafeteria and maintenance workers.

The notice followed the union’s rejection of the board of education’s final offer, said schools Superintendent Lewis Lowery.

“I’m not surprised by it,” Lowery said. “We’ve been negotiating since last May 22 and the issues are all monetary.”

The two sides have been working under the previous contract that expired last June.

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