Sunday, February 27, 2011

Not all unions onboard with labor rally in Trenton (No "solidarity" with Wisconsin public workers)

Leaders of some of New Jersey's most politically powerful brick-and-mortar unions refused to endorse the organized labor's wall-of-solidarity rally Friday in Trenton. Ray Pocino, president of the New Jersey Laborer's Union chose not to encourage his 25,000 members to participate in the rally, fearing that it would turn into an anti-Chris Christie protest rather than a show of support for besieged public workers in Wisconsin. (It was both.) "We want to keep that dialogue going with Governor Christie, and we didn't want to be viewed as part of a governor bashing" event, Pocino said. [Snip] Christie has pledged support, and...

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