COLUMBUS, Ohio (WKBN) — The Ohio State Employment Relations Board (SERB) voted unanimously Friday to reject the Youngstown City School District’s complaint saying that the Youngstown Education Association teachers strike is illegal. The board ruled that the strike is legal.
The decision came in about 3:20 p.m. following a hearing in Columbus Friday morning.
Attorney Jeff Geisinger, representing the teachers, said he thinks the board made the right decision.
“The parties have had a mutually agreed upon dispute (MAD) resolution process in place for more than 40 years. That process has been used prior to lawful strikes on four separate occasions. It’s a good outcome for the union and the individuals who took the bold step to go on strike,” Geisinger said.
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Geisinger said the teachers are ready to negotiate.
Lawyers for the Youngstown School Board and its teachers union presented their cases on the legality of the strike earlier at the hearing.
Attorney Dan Guttman, representing the school board, spoke first, claiming that, according to state law, a fact finder must be part of the negotiations before a strike can legally take place.
Guttman said the board requested the use of a fact finder, but the teachers union went on strike before a fact finder could be assigned and be part of negotiations.
Guttman told SERB board members they would “not find one case in Ohio where a party was allowed to strike under these circumstances.”
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