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N.J. state employee unions to hold rally to support Wisconsin workers - NorthJersey.com
N.J. state employee unions to hold rally to support Wisconsin workers
Monday, February 21, 2011
STATE HOUSE BUREAU
STATE HOUSE BUREAU

TRENTON -- The largest state employee union is organizing a rally at the State House on Friday to express support for workers rallying in Wisconsin.

The Communication Workers of America, which represents most of the state's employees, will hold the rally at noon. National AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka will speak at the rally.

“We are all Wisconsin public workers this week,” Hetty Rosenstein, CWA state director, said in a statement. “They’re trying to blame middle class workers for the financial mess that Wall Street caused. It’s more politics as usual and we’re ready to fight back.”

Wisconsin state employees have staged large rallies at the Madison capitol to