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2015 Legislative Session

School bus drivers and Nathan Deal’s shell game

In this year’s state budget, Gov. Nathan Deal made it clear that he wanted to take health care coverage away from Georgia bus drivers, cafeteria workers and other “non-certified school employees.” Thanks to your actions, the governor now knows that he can’t make these cuts head-on. Instead, he’s created a shell game that would hurt communities across Georgia. The governor’s proposed cuts would take insurance away from more than 21,000 workers, most of whom would then

Are they listening in Atlanta?

Are Georgia lawmakers listening? The short answer is “yes.” This is working – because of you. Both the House and the Senate have signalled that our bus drivers and other school employees should keep health care coverage for their hard work. But now is when we have to pay the most attention because this is when politicians use their worst tricks to try to fool us. Call your lawmakers now: Click to find your legislators’

Don’t throw them under the bus

You can do more than just watch the debate over Gov. Deal’s plan to strip health coverage from thousands of public school workers. You can drive the debate. Take a moment now to join more than 11,200 Georgians by signing our petition to stop Gov. Deal from cutting health insurance from thousands of bus drivers, cafeteria workers and other school employees. Add your name today to be part of the fastest growing petition in the

Georgia school bus drivers are under attack

After years of inflicting devastating K-12 budget cuts on Georgia schools, Gov. Deal has set his sights on new targets in public education — bus drivers, cafeteria workers and other non-faculty school employees. Buried on page 137 of Deal’s new budget proposal is a call to eliminate health insurance for “non-certified public school employees.” If Gov. Deal gets his way, the Georgians we entrust with safely transporting and feeding our kids won’t be able to