According to the nonpartisan, Washington, D.C.-based Tax Foundation, state and local taxes combined consume a total of 12.2% of New Jersey residents’ personal income. That’s the third heaviest state-local tax burden in the U.S. And, as a news analysis appearing…
New Jersey NEA Chief Backs Trillion-Dollar Federal ‘Loan Program’ (source: National Right To Work September 2015 Newsletter) For decades, many government union chieftains across America have enjoyed what effectively amounts to the ability to “elect our own boss,”…
Fewer and fewer parents are willing to put or keep their kids in Newark Public Schools (NPS), the struggling, state-administered district located in New Jersey’s largest city. As a consequence of parents’ fleeing the city, or, alternatively, putting their children…
From New Jersey’s Liberty and Prosperity, Rick Shaftan reports: Largely unknown Democratic challenger Vince Mazzeo defeats Atlantic County Incumbent Republican Assemblyman John Amodeo by 40 votes. Amodeo bragged about his support by union boss Steve Sweeney’s forced-dues built, big building…
An item posted on the AFL-CIO web site yesterday (see the link below) boasts about how Big Labor and its front groups successfully led the charge for passage this week of a New Jersey ballot measure hiking the state’s minimum…
Calling on New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie — pull out your veto pen. That’s because the union bosses in New Jersey are pushing a scheme to pad their own pockets with taxpayer dollars. Mike Proto…
Early last November, an array of news outlets reported on allegations that International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW/AFL-CIO) union bosses in New York and New Jersey had sought to reap a forced-union-dues windfall from Hurricane Sandy. Whistleblowers charged that top…
When Hurricane Sandy stuck New Jersey, there were reports of volunteers crews being turned away because they were not members of a union. The reports were initially denied but later confirmed to be…