Another labor union for a group of Wood County government employees has been decertified.
The AFSME representing between 80 and 90 workers at Wood County Department of Job and Family Services was decertified after employees indicated they would vote to remove from the union.
The union had represented the Job and Family Services staff since the 1980s, according to Wood County Administrator Andrew Kalmar.
In the past several years, employees also agreed to no longer be represented by labor unions at the Wood County Child Support Enforcement Agency and the Wood County Health District.
“We try to treat all employees consistently and fairly,” Kalmar said of the reason for the union decertification. “Everyone is going to get the same good treatment. Hopefully that played a role in this.”
The county employees still in unions include the sheriff’s office, Wood Haven Health Care, and the landfill, Kalmar said.
