County Human Service employees back union vote

Election returns 163 county Human Services employees to union representation By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times WEST CHESTER — Employees of Chester County’s Human Services departments voted by nearly a two-to-one margin to approve Teamsters Local 384 as their new union representatives, Thursday. According to unofficial tallies released by the county, the union won 96-56, with all but seven employees...

Letter: Commissioners hiding anti-union legal, consultant costs

To The Editor, The Chester County Commissioners do not believe they are accountable to County taxpayers. The County is currently embroiled in a labor dispute with the employees at the Department of Human Services. On numerous occasions the Commissioners have refused to disclose how much taxpayer money they are paying the anti-union attorneys and consultants they have hired to assist them in this dispute. Commissioner...

Letter: stunned by commissioners’ support for sweatshops

To The Editor: Does Chester County support sweatshops? That may seem like a ridiculous question. Whether or not you support overseas manufacturing, I think I am safe in assuming that the vast majority of Chester Countians oppose sweatshop labor. However, recent actions by our elected leaders in the County Commissioners’ office suggest that they, and by extension the taxpayers of Chester County,...