TALLLAHASEE, Fla. (AP) — A judge has refused to set aside public employee pension contributions in a separate account pending resolution of a lawsuit challenging those payments required by a Florida law that went into effect Friday.
The Florida Education Association, which is leading a lawsuit by public employee unions, expressed disappointment although a lawyer for the teachers union called it a minor setback.
"This will not stop us from fighting to make Gov. Rick Scott and legislative leaders live up to the promises made to our teachers, law-enforcement officers, firefighters and other employees," FEA President Andy Ford said. "They created a budget deficit by giving tax breaks to corporate special interests and then tried to solve their problem on the backs of Florida's working families."
Circuit Judge Jackie Fulford rejected the union's set-aside request shortly before midnight Thursday.
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