ALLENTOWN, Pa. — Custodial and maintenance workers in the Allentown School District will decide in a Thursday afternoon vote whether to join Teamsters Local Union #773 — a move that would require them to dissolve their independent union of more than 20 years.
The Independent Maintenance and Custodial Association reached out to the Teamsters to seek representation, hoping a larger, stronger union could help workers secure a better contract when the current one ends in June.
“They’re hopefully going to be able to come in here and get us better contracts than we’ve ever seen,” said John Page, president of IMCA and a school district truck driver…