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  School Custodians Say ‘No’ to Aramark
  Members of Connecticut Council 4 and their supporters rally to demand that the New Haven school system stop contracting out work that has been outsourced to privateer Aramark for the last 12 years.
• Indiana – Hospitals Won’t Be Outsourced
  
• Indiana Scraps State Hospital Privatization
  Plans to outsource the jobs at three state hospitals where employees are represented by AFSCME Council 62 were formally dropped last month.
• 2008 AFSCME State Legislative Agenda
  
• AFSCME Public Employees Hit the Airwaves in Connecticut
  Read the article from the May/June 2007 issue of AFSCME WORKS Magazine.
• Bush’s Assault on the Public Sector
  
• AFSCME's Position – Fighting Social Security Privatization
  
• Corrections, Law Enforcement & Homeland Security
  
• Comments on Workforce Investment Act Amendments
  
• Continuing Resolution Halting Labor Department Workforce Rules Goes to the President
  
• Take Action: Urge Ohio Senate to oppose new prison privatization mandate
  Please contact your state senator to voice your opposition to the prison privatization mandate lawmakers inserted into the capital appropriations bill.
• Justice Department Suit on Jena Juvenile Justice Center
  March 2000 press release from the U.S. Justice Department describing its suit against the state of Louisiana and The Geo Group (formerly, Wackenhut Corrections) for its operation of the Jena Juvenile Justice Center.
• Contract Management of Private Correctional Facilities
  June 30, 2005 report, 64 pages; Must read scathing audit by the Florida Department of Management Services' Office of Inspector General into poor oversight, overpayment and possible criminal activity by the Correctional Privatization Commission, CCA and GEO.
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  Government for Sale: An Examination of the Contracting Out of State and Local Government Services
  Now more than ever, the nation needs an experienced, dedicated unprivatized public-sector workforce.
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  Safety Net for Sale: The Dangers of Privatizing Social Services
  In the past decade there has been an aggressive effort to privatize much of our country's safety net.
• Está Claro: Las Carceles No Deben Ser un Negocio
  
• January/February 2005
  
• September/October 1999
  
• September/October 2005
  
• A Note on Methodology
  
• AFSCME Alternatives to Social Services Privatization
  
• AFSCME Council 62 and the City of Indianapolis, Indiana
  
• Accenture's Track Record
  
• Accenture, Ltd.
  
• Alternatives to Contracting Out
  
• Appendix A: Data and Methodology
  
• Case Study: Custodial Services
  
• Case Study: Food Services
  
• Case Study: Information Services
  
• Case Study: Road Maintenance
  
• Case Study: Social Services
  
• Case Study: Solid Waste
  
• Case Study: Vehicle Inspections
  
• Case Study: Wastewater
  
• Child Welfare
  
• Conclusion
  
• Conclusions and Recommendations
  
• Contracting Problems
  
• Driving Forces Behind Privatization
  
• Eligibility Determination
  
• Empty Promise 1: Private Prisons Help the Local Tax Base
  
• Empty Promise 2: Private Prisons Perform a Valuable Public Service
  
• Empty Promise 3: Private Prisons Provide Good, Quality Jobs
  
• Empty Promise 4: Private Prisons Don't Cut Corners
  
• Empty Promise 5: Private Prisons Save Taxpayers' Money
  
• Glossary
  
• History of Privatization
  
• How Can the Union Mobilize for Fair Pay?
  
• I. Contracting for Pupil Transportation in Ohio
  
• II. Comparison of Costs
  
• III. Summary and Explanation of Findings
  
• Information Technology
  
• Introduction
  
• Key Public Sector Roles
  
• Literature
  
• Outline of the Study
  
• Overview
  
• Prison Privatization: Don't be a prisoner to empty promises
  
• Raiders of the Lost Jobs
  
• Schools for Sale
  
• Should Crime Pay?
  
• Spotlight on Maximus and Accenture
  
• The Reasons Contracting Out is Flawed
  
• The Shortcomings of Contracting Out
  
• The Wisconsin Privatization Experiment with Maximus and Non-Profit Groups
  
• Trends in Contracting Out
  
• Abstract
  
• Executive Summary
  
• Introduction
  
• Pupil Transportation
  
• What is Meant by Social Security "Privatization"?
  
• Who's Pushing for Privatization and Who Wants to Strengthen the Current System?
  
• Why Does AFSCME Oppose Privatization?
  
• May/June 2006
  
• But Aren't Stocks a Better Investment Than Social Security?
  
• Ruling Out Private Investment Accounts, How Do We Eliminate the Future Shortfall?
  
• Comparing Employee Health Benefits in the Public and Private Sectors
  
• Politics & Elections
  
• Contracting Out Is Reformed in Wisconsin
  In a major victory for AFSCME Council 24 and its members, Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle (D) has signed into law an assembly bill that requires state agencies — before contracting out any work — to accurately compare the cost of doing so with the cost of using state employees.

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