By Matt Arco | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
on August 09, 2016 at 7:30 AM, updated August 09, 2016 at 7:56 AM
TRENTON — With a ballot question asking voters to constitutionally guarantee state payments into the public worker pension fund dead on arrival this year, the head of the state’s largest teachers’ union suggested that Senate PresidentStephen Sweeney’s likely 2017 gubernatorial campaign will meet the same fate.
Wendell Steinhauer, president of the New Jersey Education Association, stopped short on Monday of calling Sweeney’s refusal to post the measure for a vote ahead of a Monday’s deadline to get it on the ballot this year a deal breaker.
But he was also clear about the NJEA’s priorities — more specifically, its top agenda item.
“Our No. 1 priority has been passing this constitutional amendment,” Wendell said.
“I’m telling you that we will certainly send out a questionnaire to all of the candidates and we will screen all of them,” he said. “But we are definitely going to get involved in the primaries this year.”
James – Nothing on the planned new cellphone antenna atop West Side Presbyterian? There is a planning board meeting tonight.
Given FCC guidelines, the Village will have to approve or deny the request within a very tight time window.
No union pensions deserve a constitutional amendment, they are not a privileged class of any kind. To the foolish politician that brings this forward just beware your job is at risk. This is from an over taxed citizen.
Favoring the few over everyone else – teachers need to stop their unsustainable demands
This is the NJEA Union negotiating in bad faith with thug tactics – wake up REA, these union bosses at the NJEA only care about themselves
NJEA is not garnering any sympathy even from those, like myself who felt the funds should be paid back with this move. I am thoroughly disgusted that teachers seem to think they are a special class of worker. We all work hard with different talents and capacities. Why teachers are constantly trying to convince us that they worker much harder than the rest of us is downright annoying now.
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That’s nice Wendall…now i’m going to work just as hard to make sure all your efforts are crushed. pathetic lackey. toadie and sycophant union thug. PARTY IS OVER.
Wendall Steinhauer, who thinks its okay to steal even more money from NJ taxpayers, should read this https://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8a54a0c6-648b-11e6-a08a-c7ac04ef00aa.html# We’re taxed to death, no more.