A bill that was authored by an Ironworkers’ union organizer to expand union-only Project Labor Agreements–to include Hurricane Sandy cleanup and reconstruction–passed the New Jersey Senate on Monday along party lines 23-13.

The Ironworkers’ union organizer who drafted the pro-union bill, Steven Sweeney, also happens to be the president of the New Jersey Senate and recently accused New Jersey Governor Chris Christie of “praying” for Hurricane Sandy to hit New Jersey.
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A Project Labor Agreement, according to the bill, “means a form of pre-hire collective bargaining agreement covering terms and conditions of a specific project.”

In other words, non-union construction workers are not welcome.
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Governor Christie, facing re-election next year has not said whether he will sign or veto the legislation if it reaches his desk.

However, the bill’s passage in the New Jersey Senate may just be a political move by the Ironworkers’ Sweeney to draw Christie out and pull union support away from the popular governor, more so since the Laborers union endorsed him in December.

http://www.redstate.com/2013/01/14/profi...-sandy-cleanup/

The unions are despicable.

Quote: steph wrote in post #2

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The unions are despicable.

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