Sweeney +FDU "call out" Union Leaderships

by: firstamend07

Wed Mar 03, 2010 at 04:43:51 PM EST

State Senator Sweeney exposes the State worker union leadership as disingenuous.This "calling out" coincides with todays FDU Poll that reveals what many state workers already know. THE UNION LEADERSHIP IS OUT OF TOUCH WITH THE THOUGHTS AND WISHES OF THE MEMBERSHIP.

The membership was never asked their opinion on the Pension Reform Bills until the FDU people asked. The results expose the Union leadership as manipulators .

To the surprise of no one except the union leadership the average state worker is in favor of pension reform .

The survey, conducted by Fairleigh Dickinson University's PublicMind, shows that many New Jersey voters are behind Christie's reform ideas. But poll director Peter Woolley adds a potentially surprising twist. "Public employees agree with a number of these reforms."                  

Woolley says 78% of voters think that all public employees, including teachers, should contribute some of their salary toward their health care benefits. Meanwhile, a majority of public workers, 51%, feel the same way, while 45% are against such a plan.

In addition, 69% of voters want the state to cap payouts of unused vacation time at retirement, compared to 64% of public employees who agree. Similarly, 69% of voters want a cap in place for retirement payouts regarding unused sick time, and 56% of public workers feel that way as well. Woolley explains, "A lot of these people really do have not only their own interests in mind, but the state's interests in mind."

When it comes to a proposal that would limit salaries at top public jobs, Woolley says, "Three-out-of-four voters say 'Yeah, cap those salaries at $200,000.' But public employees are even more emphatic, with 84% saying those salaries should be capped." He explains one possible reason why. "They (public employees) recognize that there are abuses in the system, and those abuses have to be curbed."