CWA Files Appeal with U.S. Supreme Court on N.J. Pension Funding

CWA and several other unions have petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to review the New Jersey Supreme Court's ruling that upheld more than $1.5 billion in state pension cuts made by Gov. Chris Christie.

In June, the New Jersey Supreme Court said that the 2011 pension law, which increased workers' pension contributions in exchange for a commitment for state contributions into the system, "does not create a legally enforceable contract that is entitled to constitutional protection." CWA and other unions argued that Christie broke that 2011 law when he made additional pension cuts; one of the dissenting judges agreed that public workers have "protectable contractual rights under the United States Constitution."

Read CWA's petition to the U.S. Supreme Court here.