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| Hoffa in Detroit on Labor Day. |
Check out this Labor Day op-ed by Teamster President Jim Hoffa. His criticisms of Pink Slip Rick could apply to all of the Governors Gone Wild.
We need good jobs to spur the growth of our economy. Real job creation is what Floridians need, not corporate backslapping and the privatization of our most critical services.
Hoffa takes aim at Scott for pursuing a corporate agenda that's bad for workers. A big part of that agenda is to turn prisons over to private interests, which then loot the taxpayer:
There's no doubt that Scott and some of the state's lawmakers have been influenced by corporate front groups like the American Legislative Exchange Council, ALEC. ALEC is a conduit between lawmakers and corporations to craft model legislation. It aggressively promotes policies that give prison companies more business, like locking up more prisoners. This may be good for corporate interests, but it's bad for Florida.
I applaud Floridians for taking a stand and letting anti-worker politicians know their state is not for sale. Teamsters are fighting side by side with Florida Department of Corrections officers against Scott and the Legislature's decision to privatize prisons in 18 southern counties. Privatization could result in the loss of up to 4,000 correctional officer jobs within the DOC, the third-largest prison system in the nation.
Read the whole thing
here.
