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State Workers Unions joining forces to counter Christie
In an unusual show of collaboration, New Jersey’s public worker unions plan to join together to try to upend Gov. Chris Christie’s signature accomplishment this year: cuts to their pensions and health-care benefits.
Public workers, rather than Democrats, have been the Republican governor’s greatest foil. He gained national attention after calling on teachers to accept salary freezes and blaming the state’s financial woes on workers’ compensation packages, which he mocked in town-hall-style forums across the state. (Fleisher, The Wall Street Journal)