City of Orlando

City of Orlando

City of Orlando

City Management Must Stop Playing Games with Our Lives

Fellow Workers at the City of Orlando,

Wednesday, 2/12 at 5 PM, management informed the union that they intend to **block the implementation of the JAT recommendations—**but only for SEIU-covered jobs.

At the end of the day this is our concern: Stop Playing Games with our Livelihoods. 

Let’s be clear: anything that impacts our jobs should be within our rights to question and have a dialogue about. Management’s decision to cancel the study for SEIU members simply because we called for a worker meeting proves one thing—they want to take away our power.

Their reasoning?

“It has been a longstanding past practice that HR conducts reclassifications with only notice required to the union and we considered this the same process.

We now understand from recent communications, that you see this study differently from accepted past practice. In light of this, we have removed SEIU members from the planned implementation of the study and no classification or pay grade changes will be made for SEIU members.”

So, management had no problem moving forward with the study until we as workers started asking questions. Their response? To exclude SEIU members from the process. That is not leadership—that is fear.

We will not be sidelined. This expensive study was deemed necessary and important enough to spend time and resources on, yet now it’s suddenly unnecessary only for us. This is not about process—it’s about control.

We want to hear from you. How has management conducted and implemented the JAT in your experience? Your voice is powerful, and together, we will ensure that our rights as workers are respected.

Your union stands with you, and we will not let management play games with our livelihoods.

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A current member that must update must contact a Steward or Union Rep below.

Stewards

  • Josh Willis
    bigjay0004@gmail.com
    (407) 466-2824
    Language: English
  • Mark Barner, Orlando Fire Dept.
  • Sonia Brown, Orlando Police Dept.
  • Ernest “Matt” Day, Orlando Police Dept. 
  • Stephan DeLucca, Orlando Police Dept.
  • Jennifer Garrison, Orlando Fire Dept.
  • Erik Melear, Water Reclamation
  • Scott Merrick, Permitting
  • Amber Mohamed, Orlando Police Dept.
  • Kevin Moore, Code Enforcement
  • Benito Santiago, Code Enforcement
  • Rene “Ray” Santalis, Information Technology
  • Gino Santiago, Orlando Police Dept.
  • Calvin Spencer, Permitting 

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Organizers

Ryan Rilea – 407.693.2067 – ryan.rilea@seiufpsu.org

Robert Diaz Quinones – 321.442.6439 – robertq@seiufpsu.org

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400 Hibiscus Street #200
West Palm Beach, FL 33401
Phone 561.965.0077