Photo: Workers rally outside Hillsborough County School Board offices in May against privatization plans.
incendiary By Aida Demar
On October 11, the Hillsborough School Employees Federation (HSEF), the union which represents the custodians and other workers in the district, announced that Hillsborough County Public Schools (HCPS) will not be privatizing the custodial force and will instead begin a pilot program of centralizing custodial operations. This plan, proposed by union leaders as an alternative way to cut costs in the district, will result in hundreds of workers losing their jobs while the rest are exploited even more.
In March, when the school board announced that it would be exploring privatization as an option to balance its budget, the HSEF began a campaign against it. In secret, the President of the HSEF, Iran Alicea, a former detective with the New York Police Department and a leader in its police union, and Vice President Stephanie MacNeel negotiated with HCPS and helped draw up the centralization plan which is now being implemented.
On October 11, the Hillsborough School Employees Federation (HSEF), the union which represents the custodians and other workers in the district, announced that Hillsborough County Public Schools (HCPS) will not be privatizing the custodial force and will instead begin a pilot program of centralizing custodial operations. This plan, proposed by union leaders as an alternative way to cut costs in the district, will result in hundreds of workers losing their jobs while the rest are exploited even more.
In March, when the school board announced that it would be exploring privatization as an option to balance its budget, the HSEF began a campaign against it. In secret, the President of the HSEF, Iran Alicea, a former detective with the New York Police Department and a leader in its police union, and Vice President Stephanie MacNeel negotiated with HCPS and helped draw up the centralization plan which is now being implemented.
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