Florida Chamber of Commerce Attacks Middle-Class

Just three weeks ago, you helped awaken Floridians to the reality of devastating budget cuts being proposed by Gov. Scott and his allies in the Florida Legislature. Now the time has come for us to awaken Floridians to the forces behind the push for budget cuts. The Florida Chamber of Commerce has been leading Gov. Scott and the Republican Legislature's assault on Florida's middle class. They say they're speaking for the best interests of Floridians. The Florida Chamber of Commerce has just stepped up their attacks on the middle-class and unions by releasing an incredibly misleading television ad. You can watch it and sign the petition here: "The Florida Chamber of Commerce doesn't speak for me."

Since March 8th, grassroots energy has been mounting. Everyday Floridians have been hosting rallies, marches, and other protests around the state demanding a stop to the attacks on our middle class families and communities. At the same time, the Florida Chamber has been pushing Gov. Scott and the Legislature's anti-middle class agenda in Tallahassee, with the St. Petersburg Timesreporting Florida Chamber CEO Mark Wilson's "support for plans by Gov. Rick Scott and the Republican-led Legislature to cut benefits for public employees, lay off state workers and end tenure for teachers." Some local chambers of commerce such as Seminole County's have said the Florida Chamber is "way too political."
Sign the pledge and let the Florida Chamber know they don't speak for us.

Gov. Scott and the Florida Chamber's anti-middle class agenda won't help small businesses or local communities. Slashing jobs, salaries, and retirement security for hard working Floridians will do nothing to create the jobs we need for our economy to recover. Balancing our state's budget on the backs of middle class Floridians is not a fiscally responsible agenda. Gov. Scott, his allies in the Legislature, and the Florida Chamber are focused on one thing only: supporting their wealthy big business backers. Yet the Florida Chamber of Commerce insists they're speaking for Florida's best interests.

Sign the pledge and tell the Florida Chamber of Commerce they don't speak for us.

We need to continue our efforts to Awake The State against Gov. Scott and his allies' anti-middle class agenda of unaffordable budget cuts, job losses, and attacks on our quality of life. Be sure to take the pledge, and stay tuned as we continue to build our grassroots movement.

Thank you for all you're doing to Awake The State.

For Florida,
Casey, Stephanie, Sheena, Mike and the rest of the Awake The State team