IU opens motor pool bidding to private companies / Bookstore, other auxiliaries could be outsourced next
Source: by Dallas Frey, Indiana Daily Student, Thursday, October 19, 2006
Current staffers of two University services could be jobless or under new management as early as the 2007-2008 academic year. Last Friday, University administrators issued a request for proposals about the management of the IU motor pool, IU Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer Terry Clapacs said. The request invites companies to make a bid to run the service. Many IU employees still oppose the idea of outsourcing. ….. Dallas Murphy, an IU employee of 27 years and president of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Local 832, said the threat of additional outsourcing is clearly growing. "Our rank and file are very concerned," Murphy said.