Mayor and Fire Chief Calling Union Leaders "Punk Ass White Boys" and "Racist" Was Labor Law Violation
Free Speech Mayor and Fire Chief Calling Union Leaders "Punk Ass White Boys" and "Racist" Was Labor Law Violation Eugene Volokh | 6.25.2026 8:01 AM From the Ohio State Employment Relations Board in In re City of Youngstown, decided in December by Chair W. City violated RC 4117.11(A)(1) when Mayor publicly labeled two Union leaders as being racist for engaging in lawful actions, likely causing reputational harm, and restraining their continued protected activity. City violated RC 4117.11(A)(3) when Mayor condoned Fire Chief's conduct and ratified his views in media.
- ▪Free Speech Mayor and Fire Chief Calling Union Leaders "Punk Ass White Boys" and "Racist" Was Labor Law Violation Eugene Volokh | 6.25.2026 8:01 AM From the Ohio State Employment Relations Board in In re City of Youngstown, decided in Decem
- ▪City violated RC 4117.11(A)(1) when Mayor publicly labeled two Union leaders as being racist for engaging in lawful actions, likely causing reputational harm, and restraining their continued protected activity.
- ▪City violated RC 4117.11(A)(3) when Mayor condoned Fire Chief's conduct and ratified his views in media.
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Free Speech Mayor and Fire Chief Calling Union Leaders "Punk Ass White Boys" and "Racist" Was Labor Law Violation Eugene Volokh | 6.25.2026 8:01 AM From the Ohio State Employment Relations Board in In re City of Youngstown, decided in December by Chair W. Craig Zimpher, Vice Chair Sandra Drabik Collins, and Board Member Robert Walter, but just posted on Westlaw: City violated RC 4117.11(A)(1) when Fire Chief yelled at, physically threatened, uttered racially oriented names (i.e., "punk ass white boys"), and accused Union President and Vice President of being "racist" when they requested information about, and demanded to bargain over, effects of offering EMT class to bargaining unit employees, constituting restraint and coercion in exercise of rights guaranteed to them.
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