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“RTA management was available today, are available tomorrow or anytime between now and the threatened strike. It concerns us that the union seems to lack a sense of urgency when the community is depending on them,” Donaghy said.
Less than an hour earlier, ATU president Glenn Salyer said he did not believe the two parties would sit down. Salyer said he believes the strike will “definitely” happen, but said the state employment board will “do its very best” to make a meeting happen.
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Salyer said the national union’s negotiation team is not in Dayton, noting it would be “two, three days at best to get people here to negotiate.”
Union members will gather tomorrow for updates ahead of the strike, Salyer said.
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