Carla Katz

Carla A. Katz (born December 19, 1959) served as president of Local 1034 of the Communications Workers of America from 1999 until 2008, representing 16,000 public and private sector workers in the state of New Jersey. Revelations of a romantic relationship with New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine raised questions of whether the relationship improperly influenced contract negotiations between Katz's union and the state of New Jersey. Katz was born to Arnold and Angelina Katz and was raised in Paterson, New Jersey with her brother Allan and sister Genise. Arnold Katz worked as a factory laborer in Paterson before getting a sales job and relocating his family to Burlington County. He later served as mayor of Edgewater Park in 1982 and...