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1. N.J. offering lawyers a chance to work ... for free
(N.J./State)

... experience working on government-related legal matters, Attorney general Anne Milgram said Tuesday. The program is open to law school graduates, deferred associates, furloughed or laid off attorneys ...

2. New Jersey not the only state dealing with plunging revenue
(U.S./Nation)

... budget shortfall from $730 million to $823 million after learning that revenue collections fell even lower than officials had projected in late May. She had hoped to cover most of the gap by furloughing ...

3. State governments face a financial crisis over budgets
(U.S./Nation)

... of budget gaps. Even a partial shutdown of state services could have an acute impact on residents and state workers, especially if it dragged on for weeks. Thousands of state employees could be furloughed. ...

4. State employees union members OK controversial contract
(N.J./State)

... furlough days and delays pay hikes in exchange for no layoffs. Leaders of the Communications Workers of America announced Tuesday that 69 percent of the 13,055 members who voted supported the new pact. ...

5. States around the country using furloughs and service cuts as common strategy
(U.S./Nation)

... felt, both great and small. In Hawaii, some criminal trials will likely have to be rescheduled because public defenders are being furloughed - or forced to take unpaid days off - three Fridays a month. ...

6. Even Wall Street Jon wouldn't vote for State Street Jon
(Opinion/Commentary)

... two salary increases that year – one in July the other in January – and pays back workers for seven of those nine furlough days they're taking. Where's that money going to come from? When he decided ...

7. N.J. Legislative committees approve amended $28.6 billion budget
(N.J./State)

... would require the schools to enact furloughs, wage freezes or other cost-savings similar to a plan the Communications Workers of America, the state government's largest public employees union, tentatively ...

8. Despite stimulus, nation’s schools still feel budget pain
(U.S./Nation)

... salaries. Oregon's largest district, Portland Public Schools, has released a budget that cuts $32 million mainly by furloughing teachers for five of their professional development days. In some places, ...

9. State to hold public hearings on streamlined N.J. budget Monday
(N.J./State)

... freeze and furloughs for state workers. Democratic lawmakers who control the Legislature are anxious to get the budget behind them, recess for the summer and prepare for the Assembly election campaign ...

10. Furloughs
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

I am a CWA member and COMPLETELY agree. WHY aren't the wealthy being penalized. We need a voice and I am putting my fate on CWA. We live paycheck by paycheck. We earn the same pay as any other worker we ...

11. Motor vehicle offices to remain open Monday, June 15
(N.J./State)

BY TOM HESTER SR. NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM As Democrats and Republicans argue over the worth of an agreement between the Corzine administration and the state's largest public employees' union over furlough ...

12. Corzine, major union reach agreement on job furloughs
(N.J./State)

... millions of dollars in labor costs. The deal with the CWA, the state's largest public employees' labor union, includes a wage freeze and 10 unpaid furlough days for state workers that the governor said ...

13. Part Four: ABC's of why your property taxes are so high
(Opinion/Commentary)

... of their governments, impose furloughs or make cuts in spending in other ways. Another program that should be immediately repealed is the proposal to expand universal pre-school for 3 and 4 year olds ...

14. New Jersey state employee furloughs underway
(N.J./State)

... wage freeze and face 14 furlough days in the 2009-10 budget year that begins July 1. For starters, the Motor Vehicles Commission's offices were closed Monday. The unpaid closures will continue Friday ...

15. N.J. director of the CWA challenges Corzine’s logic
(N.J./State)

... furloughs upends the fundamental right of workers to collectively bargain wages. "The Corzine administration is using these involuntary furloughs as a bargaining chip with middle class workers. The administration ...

16. New Jersey's county governments adjust to weak economy
(N.J./State)

... the picture is mixed around the state, some key sources of revenue remain shaky. A few counties already have imposed layoffs or furloughs. Many have avoided such measures, but are already wondering about ...

17. Poll finds New Jersey residents aren’t sold on state budget
(N.J./State)

... by Governor Corzine to bring the budget into balance in the teeth of the recession. But they don’t think the budget has been cut enough. Those polled are opposed to furloughs for state workers to save ...

18. Commentary: Property tax relief redefined
(Opinion/Commentary)

... governments to implement employee furlough plans proves that at least some in state government see the need to allow local leaders some flexibility, in our current crisis. Governor Corzine led the push ...

19. N.J. public workers protest furloughs and wage freezes
(N.J./State)

By TOM HESTER NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM A hearing by the state Civil Service Commission Thursday on a proposal to allow the state government to implement public employee furloughs and wage freezes beginning ...

20. Jersey today: State news briefs
(N.J./State)

STATE FURLOUGH PLANS ANNOUNCED Governor Jon S. Corzine today announced plans by State departments and agencies to implement one-day furloughs of state employees in May and June as a cost-saving measure. ...