Archer and his flunkies in management have a long-term policy of giving away jobs, Detroit taxpayers money and political influence and control to big business. The DIA, the Public Housing Department, much of Public Lighting, vehicle repair, repair of water mains, building attendant jobs, mechanical maintenance and dewatering operations at the Sewage Plant are just some of the jobs already given to the contractors. The rest of the Public Lighting Department and the over a hundred jobs in Sewage Plant incineration are also directly threatened. The threats of privatization by Archer s appointed school board are the direct result of the failure of unions to fight the racist school take over, the cutbacks and privatizations. If we launch a real fight against privatization of city services and jobs, and invite all public workers , including school workers , to join us, we can unite and defeat privatization.
Privatization has no real support in the black community.
We can mobilize the community to fight for real improvement of city services by forcing Archer to hire more city workers. Local 207 is demanding contract language to stop our jobs from being given away. The city has the money. We must show Archer that all city workers are ready to fight for it. Unity in action is necessary to win .