New Jersey's public employee labor unions, long seen as a potent political force and often depicted as an 800-pound gorilla looming over the Statehouse, are running short of friends in Trenton. Gone is Gov. Jon S. Corzine, who regularly sided with unions. In his place stands Gov. Christie, who has sharply criticized labor's influence, union leadership, and benefits.In an article from the Philadelphia Inquirer, light is shed on what the effect of the backlash we are seeing against exorbitant benefit and pensions for public workers is having on public union leaders.
Meanwhile, Private Construction unions are still basking in the sun. They continue to be rewarded for their support of the Democrat party with the expansion of Project Labor Agreements and mandated prevailing wages that are now extended to select private construction projects. The effects of these hand outs and discriminatory practices in favor of unions remain a detriment to our NJ economy rebounding swiftly.
It is important to note that it is the leaders of the public unions that are blocking real reform and not the majority of the public employees themselves. Union leaders lack the vision necessary to participate in moving NJ into the 21st Century. They prefer the status quo and would rather continue their stone age existance as the dinosaur in the room. There are a myriad of ways to rein in costs with little pain or detriment to public employees but the union leaders fearing a loss of power over their members reject anything that will help reduce costs to the taxpayer.
As the late great Ronald Reagan once said "The Status Quo is Latin for the mess we are in"
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Meanwhile, Private Construction unions are still basking in the sun. They continue to be rewarded for their support of the Democrat party with the expansion of Project Labor Agreements and mandated prevailing wages that are now extended to select private construction projects. The effects of these hand outs and discriminatory practices in favor of unions remain a detriment to our NJ economy rebounding swiftly.
It is important to note that it is the leaders of the public unions that are blocking real reform and not the majority of the public employees themselves. Union leaders lack the vision necessary to participate in moving NJ into the 21st Century. They prefer the status quo and would rather continue their stone age existance as the dinosaur in the room. There are a myriad of ways to rein in costs with little pain or detriment to public employees but the union leaders fearing a loss of power over their members reject anything that will help reduce costs to the taxpayer.
As the late great Ronald Reagan once said "The Status Quo is Latin for the mess we are in"
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