Union Bosses Reject County’s Plea for Contract Talks Even as Bankruptcy Looms

Union Bosses Reject County’s Plea to Reopen Contract Talks even as Bankruptcy Possibility Looms

Pay Hikes ‘Difficult to Ignore in the Face of Bankruptcy’ says Edwards By Paul Sylvain The county Budget Advisory Committee’s (BAC) daylong session on Oct. 22 got off to a rocky start when officials from two of the three unions representing all but a handful of county employees slammed the door on reopening salary discussions over three-year contracts agreed to last fall by former county commissioners Vinton Cassidy, John Crowley, and Chris Gard…

Union Bosses Reject County’s Plea for Contract Talks Even as Bankruptcy Looms

Pay Hikes ‘Difficult to Ignore in the Face of Bankruptcy’ says Edwards Paul Sylvain The county Budget Advisory Committee’s (BAC) daylong session on Oct. 22 got off to a rocky start when officials from two of the three unions representing all but a handful of county employees slammed the door on reopening salary discussions over three-year contracts agreed to last fall by former county commissioners Vinton Cassidy, John Crowley, and Chris Gardner…