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Christie Administration Pushing for Sweeping Civil Service Changes

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Christie Administration Pushing for Sweeping Civil Service Changes Rebuffed by Legislature, Christie goes for major regulatory changes through Civil Service Commission Tired of waiting for the Democratic-controlled Legislature to send him a new civil service bill to replace the one he vetoed two [...]
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Merit-based raises back on the table in Ridgewood

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file photo by Boyd Loving Merit-based raises back on the table in Ridgewood Wednesday April 24, 2013, 11:11 AM BY  DARIUS AMOS STAFF WRITER The Ridgewood News Two ordinances up for Ridgewood Council consideration next month will potentially freeze certain village salaries but give those employees [...]
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N.J.’s aging infrastructure requires long-term, coordinated response, report states

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N.J.’s aging infrastructure requires long-term, coordinated response, report states TRENTON – New Jersey must update its antiquated infrastructure in the wake of Superstorm Sandy, a new report states. To accomplish that goal, the report by Facing Our Future, a bipartisan group whose leaders [...]
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Analysis: N.J. gas tax still taboo… and for good reason

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Ridgewood PD guarding road construction Editors note : the Record always omits the fact that the only one making out from an increased gas tax are unions . An increase in gas taxes is a direct payoff to unions looking to get reelected .Years of mismanagement of the High Way trust fund is not even [...]
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More Details : Ridgewood fire official has legal fees reimbursed

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file photo Boyd Loving More Details : Ridgewood fire official has legal fees reimbursed Thursday March 28, 2013, 3:33 PM BY  DARIUS AMOS STAFF WRITER The Ridgewood News The appeal included letters from the current and former fire chiefs, which were favorable toward DuFloucq and Albano, as well as [...]
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Paying Off Unions No Way to Dispense Sandy Reconstruction Dollars

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Paying Off Unions No Way to Dispense Sandy Reconstruction Dollars March 26, 2013 TRENTON, NJ – Americans for Prosperity, the state’s leading grassroots, free-market organization, is calling on the Legislature to reject a bill that would expand the reach of project labor agreements, or PLAs, and [...]
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Readers Debate Fireman’s legal bills and Veteran Status

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file photo by Boyd Loving Readers Debate Fireman’s legal bills and Veteran Status Title 40 case law states the complainant must make application for reimbursement and the ad law judge may rule on it, this was a civil service case Comes under 4a (Ithink) but the 2 are different statutorily and with [...]
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Tiger team Recommendations : Change the Approach to Collective Bargaining Agreements

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Tiger team Recommendations : Change the Approach to Collective Bargaining Agreements Ridgewood’s collective bargaining agreements have placed the Village in a precarious financial condition. As previously noted, Ridgewood must continue to raise taxes year after year in order to simply meet its [...]
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Union membership falls to 70-year low

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Union membership falls to 70-year low Washington — The nation’s unions lost 400,000 members in 2012 as the percentage of U.S. workers represented by a labor union fell to 11.3 percent, its lowest level since the 1930s – declining by 0.5 percent over the last year. Michigan accounted for about 10 [...]
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NJ Touts Educational Reforms But Earns ‘D’ on One Nationwide Report Card

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NJ Touts Educational Reforms But Earns ‘D’ on One Nationwide Report Card StudentsFirst rankings raise eyebrows for judgment of Christie’s record — and who’s doing judging By John Mooney, January 8, 2013 in Education |2 Comments Two years ago, school-reform crusader Michelle Rhee was sitting in the [...]
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Senate President Steve Sweeney looks to extend Project Labor Agreements raising state construction costs to taxpayers

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Senate President Steve Sweeney looks to extend Project Labor Agreements raising state construction costs to taxpayers January 4th, 2013 Despite objections from business groups and contractors’ associations, the state Senate Budget Committee released a bill sponsored by Senate President Steve [...]
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New Jersey Recaptures the Title as Top state to Flee from

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New Jersey Recaptures the Title as Top state to Flee from January 4 2012 the staff of the Ridegwood blog Ridgewood NJ, According to an annual study conducted by the moving company United Van Lines ,the top-five outbound states for 2012 are : New Jersey ,Illinois, West Virginia, New York,  and New [...]
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The More things change the More things stay the same: Aronsohn backs “incentive raises” ?

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The More things change the More things stay the same:  Aronsohn backs “incentive raises” ? December 13,2012 the staff of the Ridgewood blog Ridgewood NJ, After running an entire election campaign against  “incentive raises”  and grabbing the support of virtually every local media outlet except the [...]
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Michigan the 24th state to pass right-to-work laws

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Michigan the 24th state to pass right-to-work laws Michigan Legislature gives final approval to right-to-work limiting unions, sends to governor by Associated Press, Published: December 10 | Updated: Tuesday, December 11, 2:34 PM LANSING, Mich. — The Michigan Legislature gave final approval [...]
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Right-to-work bills pass in Lansing

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Right-to-work bills pass in Lansing By Karen Bouffard and Chad Livengood Detroit News Lansing Bureau Lansing — The birthplace of the nation’s modern-day labor movement moved closer to becoming the nation’s 24th right-to-work state after bills Gov. Rick Snyder vowed to sign into law passed their [...]
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With surging NJ unemployment and lagging personnel income growth NJ State Senate President Stephen Sweeney wants to ban NFL games with replacement refs

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With surging NJ unemployment and lagging personnel income growth NJ State Senate President Stephen Sweeney wants to ban NFL games with replacement refs Monday morning quarterback?  EDITORS NOTE: Delays in the state senate and assembly have stalled tax-reform for 79 days, ethics reform for 742 days [...]
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The History of Labor Day

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The History of Labor Day by the US Dept.Of Labor Labor Day: How it Came About; What it Means Labor Day, the first Monday in September, is a creation of the labor movement and is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers. It constitutes a yearly national tribute to the [...]
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