June 5, 2013
Jim Howard
General Manager
1805 SE Hawthorne Rd.
Gainesville, FL. 32641
RE: Equal Pay for Equal Work
Dear Mr. Howard,
We are disappointed you have not voluntarily responded to
our demands. The current ISS wage and benefit policy remains unfair and
unsustainable. You have forced us to organize (see enclosed) and you may be
assured of increasing pressure until you do the right thing. We are organizing
ISS managed bridges on the west coast of Florida so your employees may speak
with a collective voice in achieving our first goal, that of wage and benefit
parity.
We are also inviting Mr. Richie Rhoades of ICA to intercede
in helping us avert further escalation. His company has the responsibility of being
proactive in considering the impact of your policies on the public or the FDOT.
When the FDOT outsourced bridge staffing we doubt they
anticipated a policy of near minimum wage exploitation of retirees as an end
result. “The State of Florida has entrusted to your care thousands of lives
and a valuable piece of machinery, the proper operation and care of which is of
primary importance to the people using the highways and waterways of Florida. “The FDOT obviously thinks more of us than you.
Morale has suffered and building anger in the workforce
shows that your selectively taking more than a fair share is not sustainable.
This is your next opportunity to arrest the decline and stop the backlash
before it worsens.
Let’s work together to make the FDOT Agreement with ICA a
model of fair outsourcing and good labor relations. It’s the right thing to do.
Sincerely,
The Organizing Committee
(Until such time as we may present the signed petitions,
please respond to: ExploitingTenders@Gmail.com)
ENCL. Organizing
petition package, letter to Mr. Richie Rhoades of today’s date.
c.c. Mr.
Richie Rhoades,
ICW Systems Operations Manager
1719
Apex Rd, Unit B, Sarasota, FL 34240
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