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| 3 unions seeking to represent about 20,000 Correctional Officers |
| By Bill Cotterell , Florida Capital Bureau |
| Published: 11/17/2011 |
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The state started counting votes today in the hotly contested campaign between three unions seeking to represent about 20,000 correctional officers working in state prisons. Representatives of the Florida Police Benevolent Association, Teamsters Union and International Union of Police Associations gathered at a large hearing room as the agents of the Public Employees Relations Commission went over preliminary details this morning for tabulating more than 7,600 ballots returned by prison employees. The PBA now represents the officers, but the Teamsters mounted a union-certification challenge early this year, and IUPA joined in the contest. Eddie Johnson, supervising the vote-counting, said 18,939 ballots were sent to officers working in prisons statewide. He said about 40 percent, or 7,655, were returned and verified. PERC officials and union officers spent about a half-hour examining ballots for eligibility, disallowing a handful that came from employees who were on the initial mailing list but subsequently left the Department of Corrections or are ineligible for other reasons. click here for more of the story. |
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