Indiana Scraps State Hospital Privatization
Source: AFSCME Works Onlin Xtras, February 22, 2008
When it became clear it would cost taxpayers too much, plans to outsource the jobs at three state hospitals where employees are represented by AFSCME Council 62 were formally dropped last month.
AFSCME has said for years that all privatization efforts are costly to taxpayers. Two years ago, when Council 62 members first learned of the plans to privatize state hospitals in Richmond, Evansville and Madison, the direct care employees held rallies, put up signs and drummed up community support to defeat the proposal.