Lawmakers Seeking Union Carve-Out Programs

By Michael Whiteley, Eastern Bureau ChiefThe chairmen of the New Jersey Assembly and Senate Labor Committees have filed identical bills that would allow the state's unions and employers to create "carve-outs" that would provide an alternative to the state workers' compensation system.Assembly Labor Committee Chairman Joseph Egan, a New Brunswick Democrat and business manager for the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 456, filed Assembly 3423 on Nov. 19.Senate Labor Committee Chairman Fred Madden, D-Turnersville, filed identical legislation in the form of Senate 2201 ...