Senate Bill 1014 and House Bill 835: Silencing Florida’s Front-Line Workers

Floridians agree that working people should have the freedom to join together in strong unions if they choose to. Senate Bill 1014 and House Bill 835 are designed to do one thing: Silence the voices of front-line public service workers and take away our ability to stand up for the vital public services we all rely on.

The Facts on Senate Bill 1014 and House Bill 835:

• When public workers negotiate, we bargain for the things we all benefit from. Nurses negotiate for better patient-to-staff ratios that keep us all healthy, bus drivers negotiate for safe buses on the road, and municipal workers bargain for equipment they need to keep our communities thriving.
  
  
• Senate Bill 1014 and House Bill 835 target front-line workers –the nurses, bus drivers, teachers, municipal workers, and food service workers who kept us safe and our communities functioning during the COVID outbreak. These heroes deserve our thanks, not political attacks on their right to have a voice on the job.
  
  
• Senate Bill 1014 and House Bill 835 are cookie cutter political attacks driven by wealthy out-of-state special interests. They aim to make it so difficult for public employees to effectively organize and negotiate that we simply don’t do it at all. Policy makers should focus on providing vital COVID-19 relief for Floridians, not attacking public service workers’ freedom to negotiate.