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OPEA Continues to Fight Privatization Issues

 

There is a bill to privatize child welfare services in Oklahoma going through the legislative process, HB 3258 by Sen. Newberry and Rep. Blackwell. OPEA is aware of the bill and wanted to inform you that it is NOT on the governor’s desk.

 

 

Right now, it is in conference committee with the title off. OPEA is working to see that this bill does not come out of committee. OPEA is working to get the details to you after we have completely analyzed the current language in the bill. This bill has gone through several versions over the past several months.

 

OPEA has been working diligently on the DHS budget over the past week. A plan of action and details on this piece of legislation will be forthcoming in the next few days. OPEA has always been against the privatization of state services and our stand remains the same in this instance. Please be assured OPEA is watching this issue very closely. Please continue to watch the OPEA website for details.

Posted on Thu, April 29, 2010 by Nancy Hughes

3 comments (Add your own)

1. Ester Holzendorf wrote:
I am retired from the Oklahoma Dept. of Corrections, and I am a proud member of O.P.E.A. Hopefully this bill will not make it out of committee. Legislators should be helping state employees, not doing things to hurt them. Privitization is not in the best interest of all concerned.

Thu, April 29, 2010 @ 4:46 PM

2. Tom wrote:
OPEA has shown time after time that privitization does not work. Look at the fiasco a few years back when they tried to privitize the salt and sanding of highways of ODOT and it failed miserably and caused the state more money in the end. What makes the legislature think this will be any differet.

Thu, April 29, 2010 @ 10:09 PM

3. #### wrote:
i wish i could find the article that circulated last week about Texas Food Stamp delinquency. i think the number was 64% of all food stamp applications in texas are worked delinquent. persons interviewed for that article stated it all started down hill when the program was privatized. now they are training food bank workers and volunteers off the street to do interviews so what worker they have can just work cases. And the new director of that agency had to persuade Gov. Perry to hire back 250 STATE employees for the program to start getting it back under control.

Mon, May 3, 2010 @ 9:20 AM

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