Fight Privatization
Here are some resources to fight privatization:
- AFSCME Issues Web Site - http://www.afscme.org/issues/privatization
- In The Public Interest – All about privatization - http://www.inthepublicinterest.org
- Privatization Watch – Up to date news feed - http://www.privatizationwatch.org
- People for the American Way report “Predatory Privatization“
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On June 23 at SEIU in Chicago we held a forum to examine the push to privatize in Chicago and across the USA. The event was sponsored by The Illinois Coalition to Protect the Public Commons.
Introduction – Bev Walter, Lead Organizer, ICCPPC (4:33)
Matt Brandon, Secretary-Treasurer, SEIU Local 73 (12:11)
N’Dana Carter, Mental Health Organizer, STOP (14:24)
Jesse Sharkey, Vice-President, Chicago Teachers Union (16:54)
Bev Walter on water privatization (12:26)
Tom Tresser, Chief Tool Builder, CivicLab, “The Chicago Privatization Story – Connecting the Dots” (37:51)
Here’s the presentation along with audio:
The Privatization Story
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