AFSCME Local 1632 Files Grievance Over Goat Brush-Clearing Deal at 1 Columbus Plant
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Updated · The New York Times · Jun 12
AFSCME Local 1632 Files Grievance Over Goat Brush-Clearing Deal at 1 Columbus Plant
2 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Jun 12
Summary
AFSCME Local 1632 this month challenged Columbus Water & Power after the agency hired a goat-grazing company to clear brush at the Southerly Water Reclamation Plant outside Columbus.
The union says management failed to notify it before subcontracting the work, a step it argues is required under the collective bargaining agreement.
Will Harmon, the local's president, said the dispute is about subcontracting and erosion of bargaining-unit work rather than the goats themselves.
Columbus Water & Power said it is reviewing the grievance and declined further comment because the case is headed to arbitration.