CAMDEN — The Rev. Jesse Jackson is on a solidarity tour across New Jersey to support union workers and oppose cuts to public services by Gov. Chris Christie. Jackson's tour will start with a picket-line rally in Philadelphia this morning, followed by a rally with New Jersey state employees in Camden's Walt Whitman Park. The tour will continue Wednesday...
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Rev. Jesse Jackson will hold rallies in Camden, Newark and Trenton over the next two days to support union workers and oppose cuts to public services by Gov. Chris Christie.CAMDEN — The Rev. Jesse Jackson is on a solidarity tour across New Jersey to support union workers and oppose cuts to public services by Gov. Chris Christie.
Jackson's tour will start with a picket-line rally in Philadelphia this morning, followed by a rally with New Jersey state employees in Camden's Walt Whitman Park.
The tour will continue Wednesday with a press conference in Jersey City and rallies in Newark and Trenton.
The state workers union is negotiating a new contract with Christie, and has accused him of negotiating in bad faith by sidestepping the union and trying to legislate cuts to workers' health benefits.
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