Category: Privatization
- 06/14/11 Prison Privatization as Political Payback Taxpayers wind up paying more when private contractors cut corners on safety, health and services.
- 06/02/11 NYC Privatization Scandal Grows With New Arrest City’s over-reliance on outside contractors results in yet another example of waste, fraud and corruption.
- 05/19/11 Private Prison Savings Are a Hoax New York Times report shows prisons run by private corporations cost taxpayers more, not less.
- 05/18/11 AFSCME Members Beat Privatization in Pennsylvania Northampton County voters overwhelmingly reject a ballot measure to privatize Gracedale nursing home.
- 05/10/11 School Privatization Conference Draws Hundreds of Protesters Attendees gathered in DC to discuss replacing the public education system with a voucher program.
- 05/04/11 Prison Corporations are ‘Making a Killing’ New report details corruption, increased cases of violence and death at for-profit facilities.
- 05/02/11 USDA Tells Walker: Don’t Privatize Food Assistance Program! The federal government notifies Wisconsin that privatizing the FoodShare program would violate the law.
- 03/30/11 Just Say No to SB 5 Today, the Ohio state House is set to vote on Senate Bill 5 (SB 5), a bill that would strip collective bargaining rights from 350,000 public service workers in the state. SB 5 is one of the cornerstones in Gov. John Kasich’s plan.
- 03/24/11 Maine Gov. Attacks Workers, Erases History Maine Tea Party Gov. Paul LePage (R) has ordered the removal of a 36-foot mural depicting Maine’s labor history from the lobby of the state’s Department of Labor offices, claiming they received “some complaints”
- 12/23/10 Guide to Talking Unions This Holiday Season It's easy to tune out misinformation about unions and the workers who make them strong when you hear it on the news, but what should you do this holiday season when the same misinformation comes from your friends and family?
