CIVIL SERVICE THREATENED

We did very well in the November, 2011 Elections. With few exceptions, everyone we supported in the Senate, Assembly, County and local elections won.  More importantly, the Democrats retained control of both the Senate and Assembly. This will serve as a buffer to the anti-union, anti-public employee measures that Governor Christie and the republicans have tried to legislate.

Governor Christie is still pushing to do away with civil service in New Jersey. However, the Democrats are still opposing his efforts. Below is an Op Ed piece by Assemblywoman Linda Stender

Opinion

Assemblywomen Stender: Democrats have solution for civil service reform

Your Nov. 23 editorial “Christie vs. civil service” contained one glaring omission — the Legislature has indeed already passed a measure to…

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AFSCME Council 73

Welcome to AFSCME Council 73

AFSCME, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO, is the nation’s largest union of public employees, with over 1.6 million members. The New Jersey Council of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFSCME Council 73, is one of the 65 district councils that are affiliated with AFSCME international. Council 73’s 10,000 affiliated members work for cities, counties, the State, the private sector and other local units of government.

In the AFSCME structure, local unions join together in Councils so that their Council can provide professional representation, administrative services, research, education and training and International resources to their members. AFSCME Council 73 was chartered by the International Union in 1971 to provide administrative and representational services to AFSCME Local Unions in Central New Jersey. Since then the Council has grown to represent more then 10,000 public and private sector workers in 66 Local Unions in New Jersey. Read more
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