TRENTON, N.J. — Governor Phil Murphy and the public sector unions were crowing a bit on Monday after announcing modest reforms to the public employee health care system, changes expected to generate somewhere around $500 million in savings over two Read More
By Dan Cirucci Posted with permission from The Dan Cirucci Blog — Employment was always the defining “bread and butter” issue for Democrats. And keeping people working and creating new jobs – good jobs – was the essential mission of the Read More
UNION TOWNSHIP, N.J. — Even the commute is getting hyper-partisan is one of North Jersey’s inner-ring NYC suburban outposts. The billboard (see below) is reportedly financed by an activist from the Bronx, New York as part of a documentary project. Read More
BOSTON, MASS. — He’s once again choosing public sector unions over the people who pay their members’ salaries and benefits. The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employee (AFSCME) union is holding its convention in Boston this week, and New Jersey Read More
By Matt Rooney _ Senate President Steve Sweeney isn’t the Trenton Republicans’ least favorite person these days. He hasn’t been for a long time, actually, given his fair weather tactical alliance with Chris Christie during the latter politician’s stormy tenure Read More
TRENTON, N.J. — It’s a start, Save Jerseyans. In the first week following last month’s landmark Janus decision, at least 1,000 members of New Jersey’s public sector unions have signed up at MyPayMySay (https://www.mypaymysay.com/ or by phone at (833) 33-MYPAY) to initiate the Read More
TRENTON, N.J. — Wednesday’s monster Supreme Court decision in Janus v. AFSCME will be a major topic of discuss in the coming weeks and possibly beyond. Millions of workers in 22 U.S. states are impacted, and tens of millions of non-union taxpayers may’ve Read More
By Maureen Sullivan _ New Jersey’s public-sector unions don’t have to wait to see how the U.S. Supreme Court rules on the Janus v. AFSCME case, in which an Illinois government employee argued for the freedom to stop paying union Read More
By Michael Thulen, Jr. _ “Solidarity forever – for the union makes us strong,” go the lyrics of the world’s most iconic union anthem. When Ralph Chaplin wrote that song in 1915, just as the infamous West Virginia coal wars Read More
