Two administrators blamed for last year's labor problems are gone.
By HAROLD GWIN
VINDICATOR EDUCATION WRITER
YOUNGSTOWN — A Youngstown State University administrator who drew strong criticism in a labor-management relations panel's report on labor unrest has left the university.
Hugh Chatman resigned as of Nov. 22 and took a job elsewhere, said YSU spokesman Ron Cole. Cole said he doesn't know where Chatman is employed.
Chatman was serving as executive director of human resources and labor relations at YSU when both the faculty and classified employee unions went on strike in the summer of 2005, shortly before the start of fall classes.
A Labor-Management Review Panel set up by YSU President David C. Sweet to find out why labor relations had soured and what could be done to improve them came back to Sweet in January pointing a finger of blame for the labor unrest at Chatman and John Habat, vice president for administration and finance.
On the panel's long list of recommendations was the suggestion that both men had outlived their usefulness to the university and should no longer be employed.
Sweet refused to fire either man, but, in February, reassigned Chatman to a newly created post of executive director of regulatory compliance.
Dr. Ronald K. Chordas, associate provost for academic administration, was named interim executive director of human resources and still retains that position.
Habat's deal with YSU
Habat was directed to work from his home in the Cleveland area rather than in his campus office, and, in July, his title was changed to vice president of special projects.
In a contract settlement worked out with YSU, Habat was guaranteed that the university would continue to pay his $148,000 annual salary and benefits through Dec. 31 of this year and his salary only through June 30, 2007, even if he found another job.
In September, Habat took a post as interim executive vice president of finance and business services at Cuyahoga Community College. He remains on the YSU payroll through June 2007.
Cole said Chatman had no similar contract arrangement before leaving the university.
gwin@vindy.com
Saturday, December 9, 2006
Two administrators blamed for last year's labor problems are gone.
By HAROLD GWIN
VINDICATOR EDUCATION WRITER
YOUNGSTOWN — A Youngstown State University administrator who drew strong criticism in a labor-management relations panel's report on labor unrest has left the university.
Hugh Chatman resigned as of Nov. 22 and took a job elsewhere, said YSU spokesman Ron Cole. Cole said he doesn't know where Chatman is employed.
Chatman was serving as executive director of human resources and labor relations at YSU when both the faculty and classified employee unions went on strike in the summer of 2005, shortly before the start of fall classes.
A Labor-Management Review Panel set up by YSU President David C. Sweet to find out why labor relations had soured and what could be done to improve them came back to Sweet in January pointing a finger of blame for the labor unrest at Chatman and John Habat, vice president for administration and finance.
On the panel's long list of recommendations was the suggestion that both men had outlived their usefulness to the university and should no longer be employed.
Sweet refused to fire either man, but, in February, reassigned Chatman to a newly created post of executive director of regulatory compliance.
Dr. Ronald K. Chordas, associate provost for academic administration, was named interim executive director of human resources and still retains that position.
Habat's deal with YSU
Habat was directed to work from his home in the Cleveland area rather than in his campus office, and, in July, his title was changed to vice president of special projects.
In a contract settlement worked out with YSU, Habat was guaranteed that the university would continue to pay his $148,000 annual salary and benefits through Dec. 31 of this year and his salary only through June 30, 2007, even if he found another job.
In September, Habat took a post as interim executive vice president of finance and business services at Cuyahoga Community College. He remains on the YSU payroll through June 2007.
Cole said Chatman had no similar contract arrangement before leaving the university.
gwin@vindy.com
Saturday, December 9, 2006
A Youngstown State University administrator who drew strong criticism in a labor-management relations panel's report on...
