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1. N.J. Turnpike Authority cuts employee perks and benefits
(N.J./State)

... employees of unused sick and vacation time; future increases in longevity payments to non-bargaining employees for years of service, and separation payments made to non-bargaining employees who retire ...

2. Assembly Democrats delay vote on arbitration bill affecting public employees
(N.J./State)

... disappointing that another day has gone by without real action on the tool kit, including a hard cap on arbitration awards. A hard cap would bring meaningful collective-bargaining reform and is essential ...

3. How the recession has affected divorces
(Money/Economy)

... today than in the past, "to spend more time with their kids" — perhaps half of all the time available. But a few men insist on more custody only as a bargaining chip, to pressure a wife to (for example) ...

4. NBA Preview: Labor woes are coming
(Sports/Professional)

... $340-350 million in 2010-11 and something has to be done and that would start by players giving back items earned in collective bargaining. The NBA no longer wants to give the players 57 percent of the ...

5. NFL get tough policy on illegal hits isn’t enough
(Sports/Professional)

... quality of life for players who retire. It has always been about getting the most money for the players during collective bargaining negotiations under Ed Garvey and the late Gene Upshaw. It seems that ...

6. Christie and new Turnpike Authority director moving to clean up agency's spending abuses
(N.J./State)

... Michael Drewniak, the governor's press secretary, said. "It's amazing that such perks were actually built into collective bargaining contracts negotiated by the prior (Corzine) administration. There are ...

7. N.J. Turnpike Authority slammed by State comptroller
(N.J./State)

... the authority gave out additional "snow removal bonuses" and "holiday bonuses." Employees that belonged to one collective bargaining unit were also paid bonuses for working on their birthday. Public ...

8. Legislators want crackdown on free-spending N.J. Turnpike Authority, similar agencies
(N.J./State)

... employees of an authority would have the same paid holidays — 12 in number — as full-time state employees, when current collective bargaining agreements expire; Officers and employees of an authority ...

9. Several of Christie’s ‘tool kit’ reforms will help N.J. colleges
(Opinion/Commentary)

... parts of the higher education tool kit are worker's compensation reform, exemption from state civil service regulation, and collective bargaining reform. I commend the New Jersey Legislature for its commitment ...

10. Chris Dudley lacking NBA support for gubernatorial run in Oregon
(Sports/Professional)

... teams together and have one entity negotiate for a national TV deal. President John F. Kennedy signed the Sports Broadcast Act of 1961 on September 30, 1961 and that changed the bargaining power of leagues. ...

11. Christie declares war on those he deems to be underperforming public school teachers
(N.J./State)

... many current collective bargaining contracts stand in the way of efforts to reward teachers who are getting results, pushing limitations or working in challenging environments. Christie's agenda turns ...

12. Fair or not, N.J. public pension and health benefits have become symbols of excess
(Opinion/Commentary)

... a change in benefits will win taxpayer support. Those recommendations subject to collective bargaining when the current contract expires in 2011 should be addressed in those negotiations. Those which ...

13. Some questions NFL players should be asking
(Sports/Professional)

... more for Mackey than Upshaw. The league and the players have a program, Plan 88 (Mackey's old number with the Baltimore Colts) that was added to the Collective Bargaining Agreement in 2007 providing eligible ...

14. N.J. Devils’ Lou Lamoriello disagrees with NHL fine
(Sports/Professional)

... part of the Players Association's agreement with the league to alter the collective bargaining agreement when it accepted the 15-year, $100 million contract Sept 4, the Devils did not forfeit any cap space ...

15. Ilya Kovalchuk is officially a N.J. Devil for 15 years
(Sports/Professional)

... 10 hours beyond their deadline, the league and its Players Association completed the paperwork on an amendment to the collective bargaining agreement that was tied to Kovalchuk's approval. According ...

16. Christie signs Democratic bill giving freeholders veto power over county authorities
(N.J./State)

... Veto power would not affect the covenants contained in the bond indentures of an authority or any collective bargaining agreement or binding arbitration decisions affecting an authority's employees. "Just ...

17. Merger between Comcast and NBC should be rejected
(Entertainment/Movies)

... Comcast refused to negotiate a first contract with 16 former AT&T collective bargaining units and forced employees to attend intimidating anti-union meetings. Comcast has also spent lavishly to defeat ...

18. More school days in New Jersey could be on the horizon
(N.J./State)

... Education Commissioner Bret Schundler told lawmakers Monday that many New Jersey school children could benefit from more days in school and more time in class. "Bargaining units have rights," Schundler ...

19. Optimism Regarding Higher Education May be Unwarranted
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

... is the governor’s son, Senator Kean, who proposed legislation divesting State’s control over higher education, in particular the decentralization of collective bargaining. At Kean University where ...

20. Kovalchuk verdict reflects Gary Bettman’s conflicting NHL
(Sports/Professional)

... contracts that demand a leap of faith to believe they didn't circumvent the collective bargaining agreement, Bettman decided to put his foot down. A 15-year contract for a perpetually injured Rick ...