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HOLLYWOOD, Fla. \u2013 The Florida State Legislative Board invited two Florida state politicians to address attendees at the August regional meeting. While there, both pledged to continue their advocacy for labor while thanking members for their support.
\nState Rep. Joe Geller (D \u2013 Dist. 100) said that an inhospitable political climate at the moment in the Florida Legislature won\u2019t deter him from fighting against anti-labor policies in Tallahassee.
\n\u201cI\u2019m one of the people in Tallahassee who doesn\u2019t make any bones about where I stand,\u201d he said at the Aug. 6 lunch break. \u201cI\u2019m pro-union. I\u2019m pro-labor. I stand with working men and women because working men and women are who built this country.\u201d
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Florida state Rep. Joe Geller (D – Dist. 100) delivers his speech Aug. 6 during the Hollywood, Fla., regional meeting as TD\u2008Vice President John England applauds at right.<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\nGeller said better wages, a support system for the impoverished, improved workplace safety and aid to public schools came as a result of the labor movement\u2019s efforts.
\n\u201cLabor is what made this country what it is today, and we all need to stand together with the labor movement, and I always will,\u201d he said.
\nGeller, a former mayor and former Miami-Dade County Democratic Party chairman, said it\u2019s easy to identify those who oppose labor \u2013 they constantly look to cut those things that unions have clawed and fought to achieve.
\n\u201cThere is no mistake that there is an assault on the rights of working men and women around our country and right here in this state. We\u2019ve got to stand up and all stand together \u2014 link our arms together as men and women and stand for the rights for working people, especially to organize and be treated fairly,\u201d he said.
\nThe U.S. Supreme Court\u2019s Janus v. AFSCME decision in June is one example of this assault, and things will need to be done legislatively to fix the damage done by the decision as well as to further protect workers.
\n\u201cIf we don\u2019t stand with each other, we\u2019re not going to be able to withstand this right-wing assault on working men and women that happens in so many ways,\u201d Geller said. \u201cDon\u2019t feel like you\u2019re alone. There\u2019s plenty of us out there who see what they\u2019re trying to do and won\u2019t stand for it.
\n\u201cWe will not quietly go along with these plans to undermine working men and women and their chosen labor organizations. We\u2019re here to fight, and we need everybody to stand together and fight this fall in the most important mid-term election that this country has ever seen.\u201d
\nState Sen. Jose Javier Rodriguez (D \u2013 Dist. 37) began his speech at the Aug. 7 opening session with a message of thanks to members.
\n\u201cThank you for staying active in your union, staying informed, for volunteering, for voting,\u201d Rodriguez said.
\nAt the state level in Florida, he said legislation to improve safety conditions for rail workers and bus operators is a priority, but it\u2019s been difficult to make progress.
\n\u201cI wish there was more that we could do in our current political climate to move the needle,\u201d Rodriguez said. \u201cIn the Legislature, it\u2019s mainly just been about holding the line against some of the attacks that Mr. Brodar had been talking about.\u201d
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TD President John Previsich shakes Florida state Sen. Jose Javier Rodriguez\u2019s hand after Rodriguez addressed the regional meeting on Aug. 7.<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\nSMART Transportation Division General Counsel Kevin Brodar spoke immediately before Rodriguez about the Janus decision.
\nRodriguez\u2019s mother was a union nurse, and he saw the benefits that came from union membership growing up and then later as a labor attorney when cases involving worker safety and workers\u2019 rights came up.
\nBut there are deep-pocketed interests that aren\u2019t even allowing labor-related issues to be placed on the Legislature\u2019s agenda, Rodriguez said.
\n\u201cWe really need to change the political culture, the political climate,\u201d he said.
\nGeller and Rodriguez both took time to acknowledge the work of Florida State Legislative Director Andres Trujillo, who, along with Legislative Vice Chairperson Eduardo Guillen and Local 1138 Secretary & Treasurer Terry Hobbs, served as the local committee for the meeting at the Hilton Diplomat Resort.<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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