October 1, 2008 - 12:37pm
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Bruno vows to take union fight to the feds, if he must

 

Denied a shot to face CWA Local 1040 President Carolyn Wade when the elections committee determined that several of his ballot petitions were faulty, challenger Tom Bruno says he means to exhaust every internal remedy before issuing a complaint with the U.S. Department of Labor.

"I’m going to keep plugging away because people should have a right to nominate a person of their choosing," said Bruno, whose campaigned vigorously throughout the summer for a chance to go up against Wade in September before the elections committee tossed him.

As Wade prepares for her swearing-in ceremony for another term at the Trump Taj Mahal next week, Bruno continues to protest how the president of nearly 20 years and her allies derailed his candidacy on a technicality.

"I find it’s going to be a pretty heavy lift to get them to buck Carolyn Wade within the union itself, because these people within the appeals process are friends of Wade’s," said Bruno.

But he remains hopeful of a positive outcome once he gets the feds involved in his case.

Max Pizarro is a PolitickerNJ.com Reporter and can be reached via email at max@politicsnj.com.

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