N.J. Gov. Chris Christie’s Fight Against Unions and Overspending
TRENTON — The state’s embattled public worker unions plan a massive rally in Trenton next month to protest Gov. Chris Christie’s proposed budget.
“This rally will be a huge outpouring of those of us who will be affected if Chris Christie gets his way, and we are going to tell the State Legislature that it’s time to stand up to his budget priorities,” said Communications Workers of America State Director Hetty Rosenstein in an email newsletter sent today to union members.
The protest is planned for Saturday, May 22, but the exact details have not yet been worked out. Officials from several unions are meeting today at the headquarters of the New Jersey Education Association to start logistical planning.
The CWA newsletter said the union will “commandeer trains” if necessary to flood Trenton with public workers, and that hundreds of other community groups and unions plan to join the protest.
The unions plan to protest a number of parts of Christie’s proposed budget, including his refusal to renew a surcharge on housesholds earning more than $400,000 a year and his plan to privatize some functions of state government.
Steve Wollmer, a spokesman for the NJEA, said his union hopes to have 20,000 members at the protest.
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