School Board forgoes outsourcing, compromises with custodial union
Source: By Adam Wise, Daily Tribune (WI), September 26, 2007
The Wisconsin Rapids School Board elected Tuesday night to fill current custodial vacancies with non-union employees on its own, a change from its recent plan. For the past month, the School Board has contemplated outsourcing its custodians as another measure to cut spending in the district.
This past summer, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local No. 1075 bargained language into its latest contract that limited the school district's ability to outsource only through attrition.