NJ AFL-CIO Opposes Plan to Lower Unemployment Benefits

According to Charlie Wowkanech, President, NJ AFL-CIO, "[C]orporations have received four unemployment tax cuts since 1998, with savings to corporations ranging from $250 million to $450 million per year. Additional steps have been taken recently on behalf of employers, including diverting $300 million from the general fund to the unemployment insurance fund to delay an employer tax increase. In total, corporations have benefited from these unemployment insurance fund changes to the tune of billions of dollars. We cannot let corporate executives once again avoid their responsibility to the unemployment insurance fund. Workers have responsibly paid their share, employers, must do the same."