Gov. Christie Delivers One-Two Punch to the Gut of NJ Construction Workers

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“Now, see, over there…way, way, way over there…is where we want to keep the good wages.”


New Jersey Governor Chris Christie started September off with an anti-worker bang, taking two direct swipes at construction workers in his state.

Christie has vetoed a bill aimed at stopping employee misclassification in the drayage trucking industry. In issuing an absolute veto of A1578/S1450, Christie is allowing the exploitative practices of trucking companies to go unchecked, a fact not lost on the bill’s sponsor, Assembly Deputy Speaker John S. Wisniewski. In a statement, Wisniewski took the governor to task for supporting the New Jersey Motor Truck Association which boogeymanned the bill as a “job killer.”

“Governor Christie’s veto of the Truck Operator Independent Contractor Act, legislation I sponsored to protect truck drivers who are incorrectly treated as contractors rather than employees, is just the latest example of the Governor siding against hard working New Jerseyans,” he said. “His veto keeps in place a system that is unfair to workers and unfair to those companies that play by the rules.”

“Because of the Governor’s veto, unethical companies will continue to skirt the law by gaming the system to avoid paying their fair share of taxes,” said Wisniewski. “In doing so, they will also continue to deprive their drivers of Social Security, Medicare, Workers’ Compensation and Unemployment benefits.”

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