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Youngstown Education Association files 10-day strike notice

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Youngstown Education Association spokesperson said negotiations for a new Collective Bargaining Agreement will begin this evening. 
Youngstown Education Association spokesperson said negotiations for a new Collective Bargaining Agreement will begin this evening.  Getty Images

Youngstown Education Association filed a 10-day strike notice Tuesday with the Ohio State Employment Relations Board (SERB) and the Youngstown City Schools Board of Education and set a Aug. 23 strike date.

“A strike is absolutely a last resort and YEA members are heartbroken that it may come to this because of the administration’s dysfunction and unwillingness to come to the table to work with the district’s dedicated educators to create the learning conditions our students deserve under local control,” said YEA Spokesperson Jim Courim, an eighth grade English Language Arts teacher at Chaney Middle School. “We want nothing more than to be in our classrooms with our students to start a great school year, and we remain ready to bargain anytime to reach a fair agreement.”

YEA’s contract with the district expired June 30.

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