New Jersey’s Turnpike Authority may vote as early as next Wednesday on privatizing its toll collectors.
It would mean that union jobs that now pay $65,000 a year would turn into privatized jobs paying $25,000 annually.
A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit brought by their union that sought to block having a private company operate the tolls unless the workers had the “right of first refusal” to apply for the privatized jobs.
The Asbury Park Press reports the lawsuit claimed the collectors’ First Amendment rights were violated.
The agency said the union discouraged some companies from seeking the contract when it spoke out against privatization and when workers sent job applications to bidders.
The Turnpike Authority is scheduled to vote Wednesday on whether to privatize toll collection or to accept the union’s offer of $34 million in concessions and staff reductions.
(Source: NJ Star Ledger)
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Wait!!! You mean public sector unions pay that much more than their private sector counterparts?
No public unions!
Even if this does happen, including cutting the payroll in half, we will most likely never see the toll rates going down! Someone else will be profiting, that is all.
Good shabbos