In an op-ed for USA Today, David Sirota gives credit to conservative activists, business groups, and politicians for their attempts to demonize public pensions.  But this well-coordinated attempt to sway public opinion, he writes, should not result in pensions being “reformed.”  For many state and local governments, wasteful spending...

  New Jersey Governor Chris Christie started September off with an anti-worker bang, taking two direct swipes at construction workers in his state. Christie has vetoed a bill aimed at stopping employee misclassification in the drayage trucking industry.  In issuing an absolute veto of A1578/S1450, Christie is allowing the exploitative...