Wadsworth teachers approve contract averting strike
Last minute deal ends 11 months of bargaining as 139 teachers vote to accept a two year contract retroactive to January 1 with about a 10 percent raise across salary fringes and benefits. Board accepts pact after learning of the vote.
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Jenni Laidman
Wadsworth
Board of Education
Court rejects Brunswick recall effort against Fred Mack
Medina judge dismisses petitions to remove Brunswick Board of Education member Fred Mack. The vote lists alleged misconduct but fails to specify incidents. Petitions can be refiled with a new list of charges and signatures.
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Jim Woods
Medina
Neil Whitfield
Medina County Common Pleas Court
Brunswick Board of Education
Fred Mack
Whitfield
Mack
Eric Oakley
Brunswick
John Oberholtzer
Citizens’ Group
Ninth District Court of Appeals
Akron
Compromise ends postal service standoff in mediation
After five tense days the United States Postal Service dispute neared a resolution as mediator Wayne Horvitz proposed a 15 day talks plan combining collective bargaining and binding arbitration. Union leaders and Postmaster General Bolger agreed to avoid a walkout and preserve mail service while money differences remain unresolved.
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Gregory Gordon Washington
UPI
U.S. Postal Service
William Bolger
Wayne Horvitz
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Horvitz
James Conway
American Postal Workers Union
National Association of Letter Carriers
National Post Office Mail Handlers Union
Bolger
County dispatch plan faces potential funding shortfall
Medina County faces a potential funding gap for a new five-dispatcher system as municipalities may shoulder 13.95 percent of salaries starting Oct. 1 under CETA. Seville Police Chief Casey Mungan warns layoffs could occur without funds while five towns share dispatch duties and a unified central system is proposed to cut duplication and address dissatisfaction with the Sheriff’s Office dispatch.
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Jim Woods
Medina
Medina County
Seville
Casey Mungan
Mungan
John Oberholtzer
Congress
Oberholtzer
Bob Hanwell
Munyan
Medina County Police Chiefs Association
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