IRVINGTON, NJ — Although Caleb Bryant, the Service Employees International Union Local 617 shop steward and 12 other Irvington Housing Authority maintenance workers may have received an “indefinite postponement” of their scheduled layoff on Thursday, May 5, the price may have been their own health. Health care, that is. “Presently, our union will present IHA with […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — East Orange Mayor Lester Taylor introduced his $134 million Calendar Year 2016 City Budget with a 1.9-percent tax increase at the City Council’s regular meeting Monday, March 28, despite the fact that contract negotiations are ongoing with the Police and Fire department unions. But 3rd Ward Councilwoman Quilla Talmadge, chairwoman of the […]
ORANGE, NJ — Orange Police Department’s Policeman’s Benevolent Association Local 89 came out in force to the City Council’s regular meeting on Tuesday, March 1, to inform the city’s governing body about the state of their ongoing contract negotiations with Mayor Dwayne Warren’s administration. “I’m on the executive board and we’ve been without a contract […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — Several members of the East Orange Police Department’s Fraternal Order of Police Local 188 and Policemen’s Benevolent Association Local 16 were at the City Council’s regularly scheduled meeting Monday, March 14, to let the governing body know of their dissatisfaction regarding ongoing contract negotiations with Mayor Lester Taylor’s administration. This time, […]
NEWARK, NJ — NJ Transit Rail Operations faces the prospect of a systemwide shutdown as early as this weekend, should the membership of its rail union opt to participate in a work stoppage. This would result in the complete suspension of NJ Transit rail service, affecting more than 160,000 customers who ride the system on […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — Members of the East Orange Police Department are considering coming to the next City Council meeting Monday, March 14, to let the governing body know how upset they are about ongoing contract negotiations with Mayor Lester Taylor’s administration, said Capt. Mike Allman, a member of the EOPD Fraternal Order of Police […]
NEWARK, NJ — NJ Transit Rail Operations faces the prospect of a system-wide shutdown should the membership of its rail union opt to participate in a work stoppage. This would result in the complete suspension of NJ Transit rail service, affecting more than 160,000 customers who ride the system on a typical weekday. In the […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — Dozens of members of the East Orange Police Department appeared to have contracted a case of the blue flu, causing them to call out sick from work Friday, Feb. 19. According to sources in the East Orange Police Department that preferred to remain anonymous due to the fact the department’s unions […]