Employees speak out against privatization of school services
Source: By Mary Beth Almond, C & G News (MI), Feb. 22.
Members of Birmingham Public Schools' custodial and transportation staff are up in arms about the district's exploration of possible changes to school services.
...... On Feb. 5, an alert from the Michigan American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees Council 25 was placed next to the agenda outside the Board of Education meeting room for members of the community to pick up on their way into the meeting.
The flier, endorsed by Michigan AFSCME Council 25 President Albert Garrett and Secretary-Treasurer Lawrence A. Roehrig, stated, "As public school districts consider choosing moving forward with plans to privatize school services, they are treading a well-worn and ill-chosen path filled with pitfalls."