Today’s U.S. Supreme Court decision in Janus v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, Council 31 is a game changer nationally and particularly in New Jersey where teachers and government workers pay checks are dinged significantly for union dues that ends up paying seven figure salaries to union executives and for political campaigns supporting politicians who do not deliver. (More on those lying politicians next week when the NJ School Funding Formula is finalized)
SCOTUS decided, 5-4, that public sector employees cannot be forced to pay union dues or fees that support union activity.
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Posted: June 27th, 2018 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: Monmouth County News, New Jersey, News | Tags: Americans For Prosperity, Erica Jedynak, Janus decision, Karen Harned, Monmouth County News, MyPayMySay, New Jersey, NFIB, Opt out, SCOTUS, U.S. Supreme Court | 2 Comments »
Governor Christie and the New Jersey Legislature are about to increase the gas tax by 23¢ per gallon taking effect for Thursday morning and overnight becoming the seventh highest gas tax in the country. Unfortunately, hiking the gas tax treats only a symptom of the broken Transportation Trust Fund. We commend legislative leadership for the serious… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: October 3rd, 2016 | Author: admin | Filed under: Americans For Prosperity, Gas Tax, Monmouth County News, New Jersey, Opinion | Tags: Americans For Prosperity, Erica Jedynak, Monmouth County News, New Jersey, NJ Gas Tax, Opinion, Save Jersey | Comments Off on N.J. Must Ask More of Our Leaders in Trenton
Today’s U.S. Supreme Court decision in Janus v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, Council 31 is a game changer nationally and particularly in New Jersey where teachers and government workers pay checks are dinged significantly for union dues that ends up paying seven figure salaries to union executives and for political campaigns supporting politicians who do not deliver. (More on those lying politicians next week when the NJ School Funding Formula is finalized)