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YSU-OEA sets up strike HQ ahead of negotiating session

By Mahoning Matters staff
YSU-OEA set up strike headquarters ahead of a negotiating session with YSU administration Friday.
YSU-OEA set up strike headquarters ahead of a negotiating session with YSU administration Friday.

YOUNGSTOWN — As negotiating teams prepare to meet today, the union representing Youngstown State University faculty is setting up strike headquarters on Youngstown's North Side.

At a house on Elm Street, YSU-OEA members are making signs for a potential strike Monday. A strike vote opened to members Thursday at 5 p.m.

Negotiating teams for YSU-OEA and the YSU administration will meet today at 3 p.m. They last met Wednesday but got no closer to reaching an agreement to end the 10-month-long contract dispute.

The strike vote is open until 5 p.m. Saturday. If the strike is approved and an agreement is not reached, a strike will begin Monday, the first day of fall break at YSU.

This story was originally published October 9, 2020 at 2:45 PM with the headline "YSU-OEA sets up strike HQ ahead of negotiating session."