Members of a local electrical workers union and Corpus Christi ISD legal counsel disagreed on the union’s lawsuit against the school district during a Monday evening school board meeting.
The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local Union 278 alleges that Corpus Christi Independent School District has not properly determined wage rates. The union, along with 16 local construction workers, began the lawsuit in 2023.
In December 2023, Judge Inna Klein of the 214th Judicial District Court of Nueces County granted a summary judgment siding with the school district. But in January 2024, the labor union filed an appeal in the Texas 13th Court of Appeals. In December, the appeals court returned the case to the trial court…