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As reported by nj.com, Camden officials say they are using a $4.3 million federal grant to rehire 19 police officers. The southern New Jersey city, which ranks among the nation’s poorest and most crime-ridden, laid off 167 officers-nearly half the force-in January as it struggled with a budget crisis.
The City was able to …
As reported by nj.com, five police officers laid off in January were sworn in at Orange City Hall council chambers. The city rehired the officers using money from a federal grant originally meant for new hires, Mayor Eldridge Hawkins, Jr. said.
The officers raised their right hands, then received their badges in a ceremony …
As reported by nj.com, state workers have begun wearing red arm bands to voice their opposition to proposals that would slash their health benefits. The arm bands are being distributed by the Communications Workers of America, the largest public employee union in New Jersey that represents most of the state’s professional rank and …
As reported by app.com, New Jersey’s largest state worker union filed an unfair practice charge against Governor Chris Christie’s administration, saying the administration has so far refused to negotiate health care costs.
The Communication Workers of America filed the charge with the state Public Employment Relations Commission (“PERC”) on May 12, 2011. Union …
As reported by nj.com, Governor Chris Christie signed a bill into law that will require public workers hired after September 1, from teachers and cops to all local, county and state work employees, to live in New Jersey. New hires outside the state’s borders will have a year from getting a job to pack …
As reported by nj.com, a plan to layoff more than 100 uniformed City of Trenton police officers is back on the table, Mayor Tony Mack said. Mack confirmed the layoff plan at the end of a town hall meeting with the Chambersburg Civic Association.
“Unfortunately, for us, we will have to layoff 111 police …
As reported by nj.com, the State Police trooper who killed two teenage sisters in a 2006 Cape May County car crash should not collect more than two years of salary he lost while awaiting trial, an administrative judge recommended yesterday.
The trooper, Robert Higbee, was suspended without pay for 27 months and 12 …
As reported by trentonian.com, Trenton firefighters are bracing for a major shake-up and legal battle as the State of New Jersey encourages Mayor Tony Mack’s administration to institute a restructuring plan that fire department insiders say violates the firefighters’ contracts and may force unions to go on the offensive.
The plan calls for …
As reported by nj.com, when William Stephens ran for Mayor of Edison in 2005, township firefighters supported his opponent Jun Choi, who won. Firefighters claims Stephens never forgot. Four years later, then-Councilwoman Antonia Ricigliano defeated Choi, took office and appointed Stephens as her management specialist.
In a federal court suit filed last week, firefighters …
As reported by nj.com, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie says he and lawmakers are close to an agreement on ending huge payouts to retiring public employees for unused sick days. However, Governor Christie says he will not accept a deal that allows for any payouts going forward.
Republicans and Democrats agree that cash-outs that …
