YOUNGSTOWN — Youngstown State University’s 380-member faculty union filed a notice to strike effective Aug. 23 if a new contract isn’t ironed out by then.
It could get quite crowded on the strike line.
The YSU Association of Classified Employees union, which represents about 400 nonfaculty members, plans to strike Tuesday if it cannot get a new contract by then.
The YSU Board of Trustees met with top university officials for one hour and 45 minutes Tuesday behind closed doors to discuss contract negotiations with the two unions. No action was taken by the board.
The board had planned to consider a fact finder’s report on contract negotiations with ACE at Tuesday’s meeting.
However, the union rejected the report Friday 316 to 19, so the YSU board didn’t discuss it during the executive session, said Trustee John Pogue, chairman of the internal affairs committee.
“It was a moot issue; we didn’t discuss it at all,” he said. “We discussed our offer and ability to reach an agreement.”
Negotiators for ACE and the university met Tuesday and were to continue discussion today.
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