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| Teamsters win right to represent prison workers |
| By orlandosentinel.com - Kathleen Haughney |
| Published: 11/28/2011 |
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TALLAHASSEE – In a surprise upset, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Thursday ousted the Police Benevolent Association as the collective bargaining agent for 18,939 prison employees across the state. The switch was a blow to the PBA, which has represented correctional employees for more than 30 years and was a potent political player for much of that time. The PBA is currently a plaintiff in two high-profile lawsuits to stop the state's privatization of South Florida correctional facilities and to invalidate changes to public employees' pensions . International Brotherhood of Teamsters President Jim Hoffa said it was a "great day" for the Teamsters and Department of Corrections officers. "These are tough times, and they wanted a tough union to represent them," he said. The Teamsters, which won 4,097 of the 7,391 votes cast, began campaigning to represent correctional employees more than a year ago. In recent months, it has raised its public profile, filing an ethics complaint against Gov. Rick Scott over prison privatization – it was dismissed -- and suing the state for not paying correctional workers for time they spend suiting up for work. Read More. |
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