BREAKING: Democratic State Conference MOVING as labor dispute brews at the Tropicana Casino

[Omaha Steve]

Source: Blue Jersey

by: Rosi Efthim

The NJ Democratic State Committee is yanking tomorrow's NJ State Democratic Conference across Atlantic City, from the Tropicana to Bally's. Yes, it's last minute.

Why?

Because they're standing with labor, and word is that there is a dispute between the Tropicana and its union workers, with negotiation between the two sides. And if there is a picket line, the Democrats will not cross it.

As far as I am concerned this is wonderful chaos. Yes, it's a headache. And it will be a logistical all-nighter for the NJDSC staff, which is now hosting several hundred Democrats at a location nobody expected to be anywhere near. Some people will not hear about it until they arrive tomorrow to the wrong casino, and there will be some confusion.

But, this can also be a fine foxhole situation. We'll all be thrown together, figuring out which room in a brand new (mocked up in pencil?) tangle of conference rooms we're supposed to be in next. More importantly, this decision is an opportunity for New Jersey Democrats to the Democratic Party will not be crossing a picket line, and in a state where unionized workers are routinely belittled and undervalued by a chief executive building his national GOP rep by scoring points off working people, I relish the chance to let it be known I don't truck with that.

Read more: http://www.bluejersey.com/diary/18477/breaking-democratic-state-conference-moving-as-labor-dispute-brews-at-the-tropicana-casino

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