Another New Jersey Victory: Unions to Pay More For Benefits

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Town Hall/ Tip Sheet:

Katie Pavlich
6/20/11



The New Jersey State Senate has passed a bill that will force public union workers to pay more for their benefits.

Bucking the state's powerful public employee unions, the New Jersey Senate on Monday passed a bill requiring sharply higher contributions for health benefits and pensions from more than a half-million government workers, while suspending unions' ability to bargain over health care.

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Republican Gov. Chris Christie, the driving force behind the landmark legislation, praised the Senate for its action.
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If the bill makes it through the New Jersey State Assembly, it will be a major victory not only for Governor Chris Christie but for the taxpayers and private sector workers who have been carrying the burden of out of control pension costs and deficit spending.