State ex rel. Boggs v. Springfield Local School District Board of Education

Relators-appellees (“relators”) are twenty-two school bus drivers and mechanics who were employed by respondent-appellant and cross-appellee, Springfield Local School District Board of Education, three of whom are also cross-appellants. Relators’ bargaining representative, Local 530 of the Ohio Association of Public School Employees/AESCME-AEL-CIO, entered into a collective bargaining agreement with the board that was effective, according to its terms, from September 1,1990, through 11:59 p.m. on August 31,1993.

In early 1993, the board notified the union that it was considering subcontracting…