Privatizing Indiana / A dedicated group of Hoosiers is fighting the outsourcing of the campus's printing services, motor pool, and bookstore.
Source: By Patrick Brantlinger, Academe Online, September/October 2007
Seeking to raise money for new academic buildings and programs, Indiana University's board of trustees is exploring outsourcing its "auxiliary-service" units. These units manage printing and food services, the university's bookstores, campus motor pools, and other functions.
To prevent job loss and wage cuts among hundreds of long-term university employees, the pro-labor organization Jobs with Justice--of which I am a member --has joined forces with local and state officials and IU's unions: the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), which represents service and maintenance staff, and the Communications Workers of America (CWA), which represents clerical and technical employees.
...... Daniels also signed a $1.16-billion deal with IBM to run Medicaid, food stamps, and other poverty-relief programs. In fact, he would like to privatize the entire state welfare system, which he calls "the worst" in the nation. ( Just how he knows that it is the worst is unclear, but he obviously dislikes welfare.)