Manatee County Schools AFSCME Negotiation Meeting

This bargaining session brings together the School District of Manatee County and AFSCME Local 1584, the union for the district's operations workforce: bus drivers, custodians, food service workers, maintenance staff and other support employees. Past rounds have turned largely on wages and health insurance. Tentative agreements go first to union members for ratification and then to the Manatee County School Board for approval. Florida law requires collective bargaining between a public employer and a union to be held in the sunshine, so the public may observe the session. District agendas and board materials are posted by Manatee County Public Schools, and the local belongs to the statewide AFSCME Florida.