by Jeremiah Tattersall, Florida AFL-CIO – North Central Florida Central Labor Council
This is an incomplete list of bills to watch this legislative session. Contact Senator Perry at 352-264-4040 to make your opinion on these bills heard.
Anti-Collective Bargaining – HB 13 by Williamson limits the ability for public sector unions to represent their members by curtailing the activites union officials can engage in.
Workers’ Compensation – SB 1636 by Perry / HB 1399 by Byrd drastically hurts workers who have been injured on the job. In 2003 the legislature radically altered Florida’s workers’ comp system by slashing benefits and capping attorney fees in an attempt to restrict the working class’ access to the courts. The Florida Supreme Court ruled that this cap on fees was unconstitutional and this bill attempts to graze the already low bar of unconstitutionality.
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