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Dayton school bus drivers say promised pay and longevity payments were not delivered; union seeks prompt remedy
Summary
At the Sept. 16 Dayton City School District board meeting, Local 627 Transportation Union President Maria Winfrey told the board that step increases, longevity payments and a scheduled 1% wage item tied to the 2025–26 year were not paid as agreed in the district’s MOU; the board asked staff for a timeline to fix the issue.
Maria Winfrey, president of Local 627 (Dayton school transportation union), told the Dayton City School District Board of Education on Sept. 16 that bus drivers had not received pay and longevity payments they were owed under a district memorandum of understanding.
“We were expecting to have our step increase on August 1, as is stated in this MOU, which that did not take place,” Winfrey said. She added that longevity payments for employees with 20 or more years of service and a 1% wage increase slated for July 1, 2025, had not been issued, and that drivers were experiencing financial hardship as a result.
The union leader told the board the MOU had been negotiated and signed by bargaining units…
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