It’s Unwise to Privatize
Driven by wrong-minded public officials and corporate greed, contracts for public services are doled out without regard to cost effectiveness or quality. Time and time again, the public pays more and gets lower quality of services while public workers are laid off and corruption scandals make the news. AFSCME is fighting hard to preserve quality public services, ensure that public service employees are treated fairly and hold elected officials accountable to the public.
Fighting Back
2011 was a pivotal year for the working middle class. It started with the scapegoating of public service workers for the country's economic woes, and continued with unprecedented attacks on...
The Struggle Continues...
America's working class is part of the solution. We're fed up with attacks from politicians backed by Wall Street bankers. We won't let them take our rights. We wont let...
STRUGGLE IN THE HEARTLAND 2011
Public workers in Richmond City, Ohio call for a real voice in the workplace.
Doors
AFSCME's latest television spot, entitled "Doors," focuses on the choice voters face in the November mid-term election. More here: http://www.afscme.org/press/29088.cfm The television spot will run for two weeks in media...
- Feb 01 Florida Prisons Bill Would Expand Private Management, Netting A Big Win For Political Contributors State could hand over a major slice of its prison system to private, for-profit businesses.... (Huffington Post)
- Jun 24 Report: Private Prisons Love Mass Incarceration, And Want Politicians To Love It Too Major private prison companies have an incentive to encourage policies which increase populations. (Talking Points Memo)
- Jun 17 Privatization At The Heart Of Divisive Battles In Wisconsin Secretary-Treasurer Lee Saunders: what Walker is doing is "a power play, pure and simple." (Huffington Post)
- Jun 15 LEAKED: Secret Report on Jindal's Privatization Plan Louisiana effort to privatize health insurance would increase premiums according to confidential report. (Talking Points Memo)
- Jun 06 Gov. Jindal's plan to sell state prisons is killed by House committee Louisiana House deals governor a tough loss on a top priority for his administration. (Times-Picayune)
- May 31 Private prisons see opposition A proposal to privatize six prisons in Ohio faces opposition from a coalition of non-profit... (Marion Star)
- May 19 Private Prisons Found to Offer Little in Savings Data from Arizona suggests privately operated prisons can cost more to operate than state-run prisons.... (New York Times)
- May 17 Scott Walker Quietly Consolidating Power In Wisconsin Secretary of State Doug La Follette: "It's a power grab. He wants to control everything."... (Huffington Post)
- Apr 15 ACLU warns against plan to sell state prisons Privatizing Ohio prisons won't save money, will undermine sentencing reform and will post a security... (THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH)
- Apr 12 Countering the Siege AFSCME President McEntee on how attacks on public service workers have energized union members and... (New York Times)
- Apr 12 Countering the Siege AFSCME President McEntee on how attacks on public service workers have energized union members and... (New York Times)
- Apr 03 Editorial: Dump the prison privatization plan Florida Senate proposal would cause massive disruption (Miami Herald)
- May 08 AFSCME Social Worker Rescues Infant 23-year social services veteran subdued mother to save wounded infant in Baltimore. (Blog)
- Apr 26 Jindal Bows to Public Pressure, Halts State Prison Sale Louisiana governor’s plan to sell a prison called off due to public outcry. (Blog)
- Apr 19 Florida AFSCME Members Fight Privatization Members of AFSCME Council 79 participated in the Push Back Summit to Save South Florida.... (Blog)
- Apr 10 Library Workers Will Not Be Shushed On National Library Workers Day, AFSCME is fighting to protect our nation’s public libraries. (Blog)
- Apr 10 University of California Irvine Ends Outsourcing of Custodial Services After a four-year battle, 94 custodial workers were officially classified as University employees. (Blog)
- Mar 27 Florida Local Stops Privatization Scheme Community sides with workers, against attempt to privatize the Hallandale Beach Building Services Department. (Blog)
- Mar 22 Maryland Workers Beat Back Privateers Prince George’s County Public Schools will not contract out Before- and After-Care services. (Blog)
- Feb 21 Prison Privateer Offers to Buy Prisons from Starving States Corrections Corporation of America will give cash in exchange for own-and-operate services. (Blog)
- Feb 14 Prison Privatization Fails in Florida Senate Plan is rejected by a 21-19 vote, handing Gov. Rick Scott a major defeat. (Blog)
- Feb 02 Volunteer Member Organizers Head Out in Tulsa, Okla. City employees organize against privatization and anti-worker threats. (Blog)
- Jan 31 Florida Public Safety for Sale Republican state Sen. Mike Fasano speaks out against a bill to privatize Florida's prisons. (Blog)
- Jan 25 ‘Our Democracy is Not for Sale’ Arizona retirees, public service workers and community activists protest undue influence of corporate special interests.... (Blog)
