The Oswego County legislature voted unanimously to accept the contract negotiated with its CSEA employees. Lawmakers accepted the deal brokered between the two sides after more than a year of negotiations as 700 county union workers did their jobs without a contract. It s been over 20 months, Legislator Robert Simmons said as he introduced the resolution.
Closure is forthcoming.
I m very happy, Bill Reed, President of the CSEA Co-Op Unit, said. Twenty months is a long time. Both sides made concessions and I think this is a fair contract. The union had been fighting for pay upgrades, arguing that Oswego County workers make significantly less than their counterparts elsewhere. The county said that they just couldn t afford it.