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FEA Frontline Report: Interim Committee Edition

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January 29, 2011. POOF! HB 303 suddenly disappears, Budget shell game begins, Education committees to roll out “teacher quality” bills (January 28, 2011) We’re in that legislative purgatory period: It…

Facts Could Mess Up the FRS Debate

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January 25, 2011. “When you get past the anecdotal eye-openers, the numbers don’t show a big, rich public trough for public retirees.” Tallahassee Democrat (Jan 24, 2011) Bill Cotterell Notebook…

FEA Frontline Report: Freshman Rep. Files HB303 on Retirement

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FEA Frontline Report Interim Committee Edition January 21, 2011 Costello files Retirement Bill Last night, HB 303 filed by freshman Rep. Fredrick Costello, R-Deland popped up on our radar. This…

News Roundup / Links to News on Florida Politics

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January 19, 2011. State lawmakers in Florida and elsewhere look to public employee pensions to prop up budgets Jeb Bush: Eliminate ‘defined-benefit pension system’ The Florida Independent – Travis Pillow –…

Some Simple Truths About the Florida Retirement System

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January 14, 2011. Florida legislators are attacking “among the five most financially sound state pensions in the nation.” A Message from Florida Education Association Teachers and education employees earn their…

Education “Reform” Group Hails Scott’s “To-Do List”

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January 14, 2011. More vouchers and charter schools, Tenure to be eliminated for K-12 teachers Link to Ed Reform Radar. Share This: January 13, 2011 New Florida guv’s education reform…

Florida Senate Ready to End Free Retirement for Teachers and State Workers

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January 13, 2011. “Core part” of changes to involve employee contributions From St. Pete Times blog “The Buzz” (JANUARY 12, 2011) Sen. Jeremy Ring, the Margate Democrat who heads the…

Florida Retail Federation: “Yes, Unions, Pension Reform is Coming”

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Published at http://www.sunshinestatenews.com Private-sector awakens to a growing disconnect over public perks Kenric Ward January 12, 2011 The Florida AFL-CIO calls contemplated changes to the state’s pension system “radical.” It’s…

Crackdown on Organized Labor: States Call for Wage & Benefits Cuts, Urge Laws to Curb Union Influence

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Democracy Now! January 6, 2010. In states across the country, elected officials and right-wing pundits are calling not just for cuts to wages and benefits in the name of austerity,…

NY Times: States Seek Laws to Curb Power of Unions

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January 4, 2011. Labor leaders say it’s Republican payback for unions’ support of Democratic political candidates By Steven Greenhouse Faced with growing budget deficits and restive taxpayers, elected officials from…

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