Lee County Organizing Committee

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We have a new development regarding the electrical training of Lee County plant operators. We learned today that the County is backing down from the electrical training we mentioned earlier. As of now the training will only be on what operators can do in situations that develop without having to go into control panels, wiring, and components. They allude to the previous revelation as being a "misunderstanding". Perhaps it is a misunderstanding or perhaps not, at least the operators will not be exposed to possible serious injury or death. For this we are all grateful. Being "at will" doesn't mean they couldn't change their minds on this at any time. To ensure that this doesn't happen in the near future, we need to bind together to be strong. Bind together for our health and safety. Bind together as a local union.

Former Lee County workers file lawsuits after losing their jobs
Read the article and our comment posted on leeorganize.org

Lee County Commission pays Gartner $1.48 million for jobs « Lee Organize comment: Well there goes another $1.4M of our tax dollars and more money that could have been used to provide pay increases for county workers. Let’s see…now Gartner, before it was Hertz and before that VR Labs. We all know what happened to VR Labs. You would think that tax breaks would be enoug...