Today's Harris v. Quinn decision by the U.S. Supreme Court undermines the ability of direct care workers to collectively bargain, by determining that these workers are "partial public employees" and may not be required to pay representation fees.
Today?s Supreme decision is a sharp reminder that the U.S. Senate functions under archaic procedures that must change. That?s especially true of the rule requiring a super-majority, or 60 votes, for the Senate to recess.
The Communications Workers of America filed a lawsuit against Governor Chris Christie for refusing to make promised pension payments. The suit seeks to stop Christie from plundering $900 million from the 2014 budget?s appropriated pension payment and his intention to reduce the legally and morally committed $2.24 billion payment for Fiscal Year 2015 to less than $700 million.
