CWA CLAIMS THAT CORZINE EMAILS MAY INDICATE ILLEGAL ACTIONS

--Public Must Know If Corzine Broke The Law. Only Immediate Disclosure Will Clear The Air--

“III. It Would Have Been Unlawful for the Governor to Engage in Collective Negotiations with an Individual who was not Authorized to Negotiate on Behalf of CWA


If through an exchange of email correspondence Katz and the Governor engaged in collective negotiations, their conduct would have undermined the National Union’s status as the exclusive majority representative in violation of the ERRA” [Employer Employee Relations Act N.J.S.A. 34:13A-1 et seq.] Appellate Division Brief on Behalf of The Communications Workers of America, AFL-CIO and CWA Local 1034, Page 13

Trenton, NJ – New Jersey Republican State Chairman Tom Wilson issued the following statement today:

“For more than a year, Governor Corzine has refused to allow the people to decide for ourselves whether or not his backchannel communication with Carla Katz compromised his duty to represent only the interests of the taxpayers.

Yesterday, the Communications Workers of America national leadership raised the prospect that Corzine broke the law if he and Katz engaged in any kind of contact that amounts to negotiations. Carla Katz continues to maintain that she and Corzine were engaged in collective negotiations. Frankly, the Governor’s public assurances that ‘all bargaining was done at the bargaining table’ aren’t enough. The Governor needs to stop hiding behind lawyers and comply immediately with the court order directing him to disclose the communications with Katz. This is no longer simply a question of whether Corzine’s personal relationship with Katz compromised his duty to the citizens, it is now also a question of whether or not Corzine broke the law. That’s a very serious question and the public has a right to know whether or not Jon Corzine engaged in illegal conduct.”

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