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Unemployed Construction Workers To Protest In Fair Lawn Monday
Protests are part of a campaign to get state legislature and Governor Christie to fix the Transportation Trust Fund.
FAIR LAWN, N.J. — Construction workers laid off as a result of the ongoing dispute to fund the state's Transportation Trust Fund will protest at state Senator Robert Gordon's Fair Lawn office Monday morning.
Governor Chris Christie ordered all Transportation Trust Fund projects shut down 47 days ago due to Senate Democrats not voting on a 23-cent gas tax hike Christie pushed. The tax would pay for capital reconstruction and repair of roads and bridges, many of which have fallen into disrepair over the past 20 years.
"The workers’ message: Take immediate action to fix the fund, and re-start the hundreds of jobs that have been shutdown due to a political impasse," said Rob Lewandowski, a member of the Laborers’ International Union of North America (LIUNA).
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The union will be at Gordon's office from 10 a.m. to noon.
Members will also protest at state Senator Loretta Weinberg's office Monday from 1 to 3 p.m., Lewandowski said.
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"The shutdown is akin to the retail sector losing the Christmas holiday season," Lewandowski said. "It is devastating."
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Photo: Construction workers at a job site. — Wikimedia Commons
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