Dr. Rich Templin serves as the Legislative & Political Director for the Florida AFL-CIO. Templin has nearly two decades of experience advocating for working families at Florida’s Capitol and has been directly involved in some of the most tumultuous policy battles in state history. “Templin’s Take” provides a forum for him to interact with Fight for Florida activists and others about the intersections between politics and policy making in the Florida Legislature on a wide range of issues including taxes, economic development, workers’ rights, education, elections and others.
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The Labor Day holiday was unanimously approved by Congress in 1894 to recognize and celebrate the victories and contributions of the American labor movement. Unfortunately, and ironically, the holiday designated to celebrate America’s labor unions is also used by big business special interests and their supporters to denigrate those unions.
So how much is the surplus? $635 million? $1.3 billion? In reality…THERE IS NO SURPLUS!
Over the past several months, Rick Scott’s “economic development” programs have taken an interesting turn. Rather than focusing on creating new job opportunities from Florida-based businesses by making infrastructure investments...
Florida’s Unemployment Insurance system is the worst in the nation. Most unemployed workers never qualify and those who do don’t receive...
