Editing Fisher Island, Florida (section)

===Controversies===
In 2006, the [[Service Employees International Union]]  began organizing the workers on Fisher Island in preparation for a petition for recognition as those employees' bargaining representative. The campaign culminated on June 15, 2007, with a march to the mainland ferry terminal that ended with a worker's arrest.<ref>[http://www.miamiherald.com/460/story/141673.html] {{dead link|date=February 2018}}</ref> ''The New York Times'' wrote an exposé on the situation.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/01/business/01fisher.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper&oref=slogin | work=The New York Times | title=An Island of Moguls Is Latest Front in Union Battle | first=Eduardo | last=Porter | date=2007-02-01 | access-date=2010-05-02}}</ref> In the article, residents were portrayed as not caring about the welfare of the community, but residents disputed this characterization, insisting that the island included financially successful, compassionate people who had established several charitable activities on the island, provided health insurance to their employees and were involved in various arts organizations in the Miami-Dade area.{{Citation needed|date=May 2013}} The union argued that the wages provided by the island were too low for employees to care for their families and that the health insurance provided was out of the reach of most island employees.{{Citation needed|date=May 2013}}