WE NEED YOUR HELP!

PLEASE ADD YOUR VOICE AND SUPPORT THE NEED TO

REFORM PUBLIC EMPLOYEE BENEFITS!

The full Senate is set to meet Monday to vote on a package of bills that make sensible and fair changes to the benefits of public employees. We applaud Senate President Sweeney and the sponsors of these bills for proposing true reforms that will bring taxpayer funded benefits more in line with what we receive in the private sector.

Some of the highlights of these comprehensive bills include:

- Limiting pension benefits to full time employees, that is, those who work a minimum of 35 hours per week (32 hours for teachers) and allow part time workers, new elected officials, and new appointed employees to enroll in a defined contribution plan. Currently, part time workers – especially those who work for schools – receive pension benefits.

- Requires future employees who concurrently hold more than one position eligible for pension benefits to designate one position as the basis for their pension.

- Change the calculation for pension benefits to be based on the five highest earning years, instead of the current highest earning three years.

- Require current and future employees, and retirees to pay 1.5% of their base salary (or pension for retirees) towards health care benefits. Currently, many collective bargaining units currently pay this rate – this reform would statutorily mandate these payments for all state workers.

- Capping the payout amount of unused sick time for local and school district employees at $15,000. Currently, there is no payout cap.

CALL TO ACTION!!!

Please call or send a message expressing your support of these reforms to the members of the New Jersey Senate! Contact information for all State Senators can be found below.

Senate President Stephen Sweeney

Kingsway Commons

935 Kings Highway

Suite 400

Thorofare, NJ 08086

PHONE NUMBER: (856)-251-9801

EMAIL: sensweeney@njleg.org

Senator Jeff Van Drew

21 North Main Street

Cape May Court House, NJ 08210-2154

Phone: (609) 465-0700

Fax: (609) 465-4578

Email: senvandrew@njleg.org

Senator Jim Whelan

511 Tilton Road

Northfield, NJ 08225

Phone: (609) 383-1388

Fax: (609) 383-1497

Email: senwhelan@njleg.org

Senator Fred H. Madden

129 Johnson Road, Suite 1

Turnersville, NJ 08012-1722

Phone: (856) 232-6700

Fax: (856) 232-6844

Email: senmadden@njleg.org

Senator Donald Norcross

Brooklawn Shopping Plaza

Route 130 and Browning Road

Brooklawn, NJ 08030-2797

Phone: (856) 742-7600

Fax: (856) 742-1831

sennorcross@njleg.org

Senator Jim Beach

1916 Route 70 East

Cherry Hill, NJ 08003-2139

Phone: (856) 489-3442

Fax: (856) 489-4180

Email: senbeach@njleg.org

Senator Diane B. Allen

11 West Broad Street

Burlington, NJ 08016-4137

Phone: (609) 239-2800

Fax: (609) 239-2673

Email: senallen@njleg.org

Senator Philip E. Haines

32A North Main Street

Medford, NJ 08055

Phone: (609) 654-1498

Fax: (609) 654-4518

Email: senhaines@njleg.org

Senator Christopher Connors

620 West Laceu Road

Forked River, NJ 08731-2244

Phone: (609) 693-6700

Fax: (609) 693-2469

Email: senconnors@njleg.org

Senator Andrew Ciesla

852 Highway 70

Brick, NJ 08724-2951

Phone: (732) 840-9028

Fax: (732) 840-9757

Email: senciesla@njleg.org

Senator Sean Kean

1955 Highway 34, Building 2-A

Wall, NJ 07719

Phone: (732) 974-0400

Fax: (732) 974-2564

Email: senskean@njleg.org

Senator Jennifer Beck

32 Monmouth Street, 3^rd Floor

Red Bank, NJ 07701

Phone: (732) 933-1591

Fax: (732) 933-1598

Email: senbeck@njleg.org

Senator Joseph Kyrillios

One Arin Park Building

1715 Highway 35, Suite 303

Middletown, NJ 07748-1867

Phone: (732) 671-3206

Fax: (732) 706-1867

Email: senkyrillios@njleg.org

Senator Bill Baroni

3691A Nottingham Way

Hamilton, NJ 08690

Phone: (609) 631-9988

Fax: (609) 631-0324

Email: senbaroni@njleg.org

Senator Shirley K. Turner

1440 Pennington Rd.

1st Floor

Trenton, NJ 08618

PHONE NUMBER: (609)-530-3277

EMAIL: senturner@njleg.org

Senator Christopher “Kip” Bateman

36 East Main Street

Somerville, NJ 08876-2308

Phone: (908) 526-3600

Fax: (908) 707-4578

Email: senbateman@njleg.org

Senator Bob Smith

216 Stelton Road, Suite E5

Piscataway, NJ 08854-3284

Phone: (732) 752-0770

Fax: (732) 752-1590

Email: sensmith@njleg.org

Senate Majority Leader Barbara Buono

Two Lincoln Highway

Suite 401

Edison, NJ 08820

Phone: (732)-205-1372

Fax: (732) 205-1375

Email: senbuono@njleg.org

Senator Joseph F. Vitale

87 Main Street

Woodbridge, NJ 07095

Phone: (732)-855-7441

Fax: (732) 855-7558

Email: senvitale@njleg.org

Senator Raymond Lesniak

985 Stuyvesant Avenue

Union, NJ 07083-6909

Phone: (908) 624-0880

Fax: (908) 624-0587

Email: senlesniak@njleg.org

Senate Minority Leader Thomas Kean

203 Elm Street, 1^st Floor

Westfield, NJ 07090

Phone: (908) 232-3673

Fax: (908) 232-3345

Email: sentkean@njleg.org

Senator Nicholas Scutari

1514 E. Saint Georges Avenue, 2^nd Floor

Linden, NJ 07036

Phone: (908) 587-0404

Fax: (908) 587-9312

Email: senscutari@njleg.org

Senator Michael Doherty

127 Belvidere Ave.

2nd Floor

Washington, NJ 07882

Phone: (908) 835-0552

Fax: (908) 835-8570

EMAIL: sendoherty@njleg.org

Senator Steven V. Oroho

115 Demarest Road, Suite 2B

Sparta, NJ 07871

Phone: (973) 300-0200

Fax: (973) 300-1744

EMAIL: senoroho@njleg.org

Senator Anthony R. Bucco

75 Bloomfield Ave.

3rd Floor

Denville, NJ 07834

PHONE NUMBER: (973)-627-9700

EMAIL: senbucco@njleg.org

Senator Joe Pennacchio

101 Gibraltar Drive, Suite 1A

Morris Plains, NJ 07950-1287

Phone: (973) 984-0922

Fax: (973) 984-8094

Email: senpennacchio@njleg.org

Senator Richard Codey

449 Mount Pleasant Avenue

West Orange, NJ 07052-2734

Phone: 973-731-6770

Fax: 973-731-0647

Email: sencodey@njleg.org

Senator Ronald Rice

1044 South Orange Avenue, 4^th Floor

Newark, NJ 07106-1715

Phone: (973) 371-5665

Fax: (973) 371-6738

Email: senrice@njleg.org

Senator M. Teresa Ruiz

166 Bloomfield Avenue

Newark, NJ 07104

Phone: (973) 484-1000

Fax: (973) 484-1008

EMAIL: senruiz@njleg.org

Senator Robert Singer

2110 West County Line Road

Jackson, NJ 08527-2049

Phone: (732) 901-0702

Fax: (732) 901-0587

Email: sensinger@njleg.org

Senator Sandra B. Cunningham

1738 Kennedy Blvd.

Jersey City, NJ 07305

PHONE NUMBER: (201)-451-5100

EMAIL: sencunningham@njleg.org

Senator Nicholas Sacco

9060 Palisade Avenue

North Bergen, NJ 07047-6137

(201) 295-0200

Fax: (201) 295-8294

Email: sensacco@njleg.org

Senator Brian P. Stack

3715 Palisade Ave.

3rd Floor

Union City, NJ 07087

PHONE NUMBER: (201)-330-3233

EMAIL: senstack@njleg.org

Senator Nia Gill

425 Bloomfield Avenue

Montclair, NJ 07042-3538

Phone: (973) 509-0388

Fax: (973) 509-9241

Email: sengill@njleg.org

Senator John Girgenti

507 Lafayette Avenue

Hawthorne, NJ 07506-2424

Phone: (973) 427-1229

Fax: (973) 423-5895

Email: sengirgenti@njleg.org

Senator Paul A. Sarlo

Fleet Bank Building

2nd Floor

207 Hackensack St.

Wood-Ridge, NJ 07075

PHONE NUMBER: (201)-804-8118

EMAIL: sensarlo@njleg.org

Senator Loretta Weinberg

545 Cedar Lane

Teaneck, NJ 07666-1740

Phone: (201) 928-0100

Fax: (201) 928-0406

Email: senweinberg@njleg.org

Senator Robert Gordon

14-25 Plaza Road

PO Box 398

Fair Lawn, NJ 07410

Phone: (201) 703-9779

Fax: (201) 703-8127

Email: sengordon@njleg.org

Senator Gerald Cardinale

350 Madison Avenue

Cresskill, NJ 07626

Phone: (201) 567-2324

Fax: (201) 567-8514

Email: sencardinale@njleg.org

Senator Kevin J. O'Toole

Wayne Plaza II

1st Floor

155 Route 46 West

Wayne, NJ 07470

Phone: (973)-237-1360

Fax: (973) 237-1364

Email: senotoole@njleg.org

If you have any questions please contact Christina M. Genovese,

Director of Government Relations at (856) 424-7776 ext. 27 or via email at cgenovese@chambersnj.com.