Tennessee is Not for Sale

CWAers and supporters rallied at the state Capitol.

Members of CWA Local 3865, United Campus Workers, have a message for Tennessee Governor Haslam and the state legislature: Tennessee is not for sale!

CWA activists and allies are calling members of the State Senate and House, urging them to support legislation to stop Governor Haslam’s executive overreach and save jobs at the University of Tennessee and throughout the state’s public sector.

UCW-CWA represents more than 1,500 staff and faculty at UT and other state universities. Union members and supporters are rallying to put the brakes on the Haslam administration’s outsourcing agenda that will harm students, workers, and communities.

At the state Capitol, CWAers and supporters rallied in support of legislation, SB0851 and HB0618, the Tennessee Taxpayer Protection and Privatization Review Act, which will provide legislative oversight of any efforts to outsource state jobs, resources, and assets.

The bill would counter Governor Haslam’s plan to award a massive contract to real estate company Jones Lang LaSalle that would outsource thousands more state jobs. The state Department of General Services uncovered a series of troubling findings in its 2016 audit of Jones Lang LaSalle, the Knoxville News Sentinel reported.

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Members of Local 3865 urged state lawmakers to stand up for Tennessee workers and communities and put the brakes on corporate greed and outsourcing.