✊ A Florida bill targeting unions is drawing pushback from activists in Tampa. Around forty activists rallied against the bill in Ybor City on Thursday. Demonstrators, many representing unions, gathered to speak out against Senate Bill 1296. The bill would require public-sector unions to have majority support from all employees they represent before gaining bargaining power, not just those who vote. Stephanie Yocum is the President of the West-Central Florida Labor Council and the Polk Education Association. She says that if put into law, the bill would threaten union members’ ability to fight for salaries and healthcare. “Workers in the state run this state, and yet we continue to be last on their priority list, and in fact, they are trying to harm us with this bill and take our constitutional rights away to association and to collectively bargain with our employer.” Yocum told WMNF. Christy Kirkland has been a teacher at Polk County Public Schools for 25 years. She says ...