From the Houston Organization of Public Employees. Good to see our progressive mayoral candidates supporting the efforts of these city employees. DC featured the video of HOPEs comments at City Council and their budget suggestions recently.
Press Conference Advisory
Houston Organization of Public Employees (HOPE)
Annise Parker, Gene Locke, Peter Brown, and Others to Award City Employees for Their Budget Efficiencies Ideas
WHAT: Press Conference hosted by HOPE, with guest speakers, including Houston’s 2009 Mayoral candidates
WHEN: 12:30 pm, Wednesday, June 17, 2009
WHERE: City Hall Rotunda (1st Fl.), 901 Bagby
BACKGROUND:
At a time when the city is facing a great challenge in providing quality public services with limited resources, many are turning to their greatest resources, their employees, to generate new ideas to streamline processes and improve efficiency. Despite pressure from the city employees union and members of city council, the city never implemented a process to hear frontline employees’ ideas.
The municipal employees union, HOPE, however, generated hundreds of efficiencies ideas in just three short weeks by surveying frontline municipal employees. If implemented, some ideas would result in millions saved, millions generated in new revenue, or, as HOPE’s President Melvin Hughes put it, “Better ways of doing what city employees already do.”
HOPE, along with its very special guests from the political and business communities, will be awarding six city employees for their contribution to this process. (Awards to be presented by Peter Brown, Annise Parker, Gene Locke, and others)
