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Better Choices for New Jersey’s Budget
Today we joined with our partners in the Better Choices for New Jersey campaign to deliver a message to Trenton: four years of Christie’s budgets have people paying more, getting less, and looking for...
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40+ NJ groups call for a millionaires tax
Today the Star-Ledger has the scoop on a letter from a diverse coalition of community and labor groups urging New Jersey legislators to raise taxes on millionaires and corporations instead of making...
View ArticleAnalilia Mejia on MSNBC’s “All In”
NJ Working Families director Analilia Mejia was a guest on MSNBC’s “All In” with Chris Hayes to discuss Governor Christie’s decision to cut pension payments, property tax credits and mass transit...
View ArticleFighting for a fair NJ budget
On Thursday NJ Working Families organized a press conference that included elected officials, affiliates and allies that called on Governor Christie to give up his reflexive opposition to asking the...
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New Jersey isn’t broke. It’s been robbed.
Yesterday, we joined academics and experts on economic development to sound the alarm on Governor Christie’s runaway corporate subsidy program. New Jersey has promised $5.1 billion to businesses since...
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Stop the fare hikes!
NJ Transit just proposed hiking train & bus fares and reducing service. That will mean more expensive & difficult commutes for half a million riders. Let’s call this what it is: a back door tax...
View ArticleChristie has a question. We’ve got the answer.
At a recent town hall, Gov. Christie had to defend his decision to shirk pension payments, strangle school aid, and keep property tax relief cut in half for this year’s budget. His defense: “Where’s...
View ArticleA working families budget for NJ
Today, members of the Better Choices for New Jersey campaign issued the following letter to the New Jersey Legislature detailing what a real budget that puts working families first would look like. If...
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NJ Working Families Alliance 2017 Platform
In November 2016, New Jersey Working Families Alliance held a Working Families Summit, developing a policy agenda to move the state’s working families forward. More than 150 community leaders came...
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