Losing job to outsourcing hurts Southfield custodian
Meet Jill Wood.
Editor’s note: Jill Wood had worked in the Southfield school district for 26 years when the school board fired her and hired an out-of-state contractor to do her work. She’s just one of more than 300 people victimized by outsourcing in Southfield this year. Wood agreed to share her story in hopes that it might educate others—school employees, school board members, administrators, legislators and the public—about what happens after the decision to privatize.
Jill Wood talks about why she loved working in a school.
Jill Wood describes the outsourcing of her job.
Jill Wood talks about the impact of outsourcing on her family.
Jill Wood struggles post-privatization.
Updated: February 19, 2009 6:21 PM