Union rep: Keep food workers, hire private manager
Source: Lloyd Jones, Conway Daily Sun, July 17, 2018 Would the Conway School Board consider hiring a private manager for the food service program and retaining its 12 employees rather than going...
View ArticleMembers of the First Student bus union threaten to strike Thursday morning
Source: Gina Marini, NH1, November 14, 2016 Parents across the state could be scrambling to find their children rides to school this week as bus drivers threaten to strike. Buses were screeching to a...
View ArticleSchool board-custodian case moves close to Supreme Court
Source: Tina Forbes, The Telegraph, September 22, 2016 (Abstract) The Nashua School District is one step closer to having its case considered by the New Hampshire Supreme Court after the state Public...
View ArticleHassan Hopes for ‘Fair Resolution’ As Nashua Custodians Fight For Jobs
Source: Jason Claffey, Nashua Patch, August 10, 2016 Gov. Maggie Hassan is hoping for a “fair resolution” for union custodians at Nashua schools as they fight to keep their jobs. In the fall, the...
View ArticleNashua custodians maintain jobs through summer as Labor Board processes claim
Source: Tina Forbes, Nashua Telegraph, June 1, 2016 With 30 days left on their contract, Nashua union custodial workers are likely to stay with the district through the summer as an unfair labor...
View ArticleNashua mayor urges school board to reject privatization of custodians
Source: Kimberly Houghton, New Hampshire Union Leader, March 26, 2016 Mayor Jim Donchess expressed disapproval with the school board this week for considering outsourcing its cleaning service, a move...
View ArticleBoard gets estimate on privatizing at meeting
Source: Tina Forbes, The Nashua Telegraph, March 2, 2016 Even the most expensive outside contractor would save the school district more than $500,000 over the current custodial staff, according to an...
View ArticlePrivatizing County Nursing Home gets thumbs down from commission
Source: Source: The Laconia Daily Sun, January 21, 2016 A majority of the Belknap County Commission yesterday turned thumbs down on a proposal that the county look at managed care organizations to take...
View ArticleSchool officials decide to privatize custodial jobs
Source: Tina Forbes, Nashua Telegraph, December 30, 2015 After the Nashua School District voted to seek bids from private companies for jobs held by union employees, the community rallied to support...
View ArticlePrivatize Belknap County Nursing Home
Source: Laconia Daily Sun, December 3, 2015 The county should look at selling the Belknap County Nursing Home, according to Belknap County Commissioner Richard Burchell (R-Gilmanton), addressing...
View ArticleNew Nashua alderman: Stop privatization talks, start talking to custodial union
Source: Kimberly Houghton, Union Leader, November 15, 2015 Alderman-elect Ben Clemons suggested to school officials this week that they stop exploring privatization and instead begin negotiating with...
View ArticleUnion Activists: Give Laid-off Nashua School Custodians Their Jobs Back
Source: Jason Claffey, Nashua Patch, October 6, 2015 Union activists are demanding that Nashua school officials reverse its decision to fire 101 custodians. The Nashua Board of Education last month...
View ArticlePoor Training Standards Led to Bad Care in N.H. Facility
Source: Matthew Ozga, Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute (PHI) blog, January 8, 2015 A New Hampshire facility for people who have brain injuries is under scrutiny from the state for providing...
View ArticleFarmington school privatization of food services ruled unlawful
Source: Daily Democrat, April 10, 2014 The Public Employee Labor Relations Board has ruled the Farmington Schools District has violated New Hampshire labor laws when they outsourced and privatized food...
View ArticleState of New Hampshire – Community Development Finance Authority
Source: State of New Hampshire, Office of Legislative Budget Assistant, Performance Audit Report, January 2014 We found the Community Development Finance Authority’s (CDFA) management controls needed...
View ArticleProfiting from the Poor: Outsourcing Social Services Puts Most Vulnerable at...
Source: Nick Surgey, Center for Media & Democracy, October 8, 2013 …. The privatization of social services has in the past resulted in some spectacular failures. …. As private corporations like ACS...
View ArticleCasella Awarded Ten-Year Waste and Recycling Service Contract by the City of...
Source: Globe Newswire, Press Release, September 3, 2013 Casella Waste Systems, Inc., a regional solid waste, recycling and resource management company, said today that the City of Concord, New...
View ArticleConcord School District puts food service privatization on hold
Source: Kathleen Ronayne, Monitor, April 16, 2013 Food service employees in the Concord School District will keep their jobs for at least another year, as administrators have put possible privatization...
View ArticleState of New Hampshire – State Agency Decision-Making Practices: Employees...
Source: State of New Hampshire, Office of Legislative Budget Assistant, Performance Audit Report, March 2013 We were asked to examine if State agencies determined whether it was more cost-effective to...
View ArticleCorrections chief seeks to avoid banning privatized prisons
Source: Union Leader, April 9, 2013 Less than a week after the state corrections department cancelled the bidding process for privatizing state prisons because of alleged low-quality proposals, the...
View Article
