"It seems more like a class war to the folks that live in New Jersey," says Fran Ehret, President of the International Federation of Professional & Technical Engineers, Local 194 in New Jersey. And GRITtv Labor Correspondent Ed Ott notes "First they shrink the private sector wage pool, then they turn to the public sector and say 'You're the rich ones.'"
New Jersey governor Chris Christie is one of a flock of Republican state officials making a name for themselves with bluster about busting public employee unions, and the turnpike workers represented by Ehret's union are one of his targets. We start our conversation about public sector workers here, with Ehret and Ott, and will continue it in the future. Send us your thoughts for future segments here or at our Facebook page.
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