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NFL: AFL-CIO Can’t Be Neutral Mediator
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The president of the AFL-CIO is offering to mediate the NFL’s labor negotiations. The league has a very basic problem with that: The head of the NFL Players Association sits on the...
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NJ Voters To Decide Single Ballot Question
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey voters will decide this year whether the state Constitution should be amended to bar lawmakers from raiding state workers’ benefit funds. If approved, the question, the...
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Christie: Unemployment Remark ‘Ill-Advised’
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) – Republican Gov. Chris Christie has added his voice to the chorus of people who believe a GOP leader was wrong to denounce New Jersey’s unemployed. Christie said remarks by Assembly...
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Protest Planned Over Unemployment Remark
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) – Advocates delivered a message for the Republican leader who said New Jersey’s unemployed don’t want to look for work because jobless benefits are too generous. Bill Holland of the...
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Tri-State Union Workers To Rally In Solidarity With Wisconsin
TRENTON, NJ (WCBS 880 / AP) - A rally at the New Jersey Statehouse this Friday is just one of many being held across the country. Union workers in the Garden State will hold a rally to support...
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NJ Unions Rally At Statehouse For Wisconsin Public Workers
TRENTON, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) – Wisconsin state workers protesting a move to severely curtail their collective bargaining rights have found allies in New Jersey. Workers yelled “We will not back down,...
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NJ Police, Firefighters Protest Staff Cuts Outside Statehouse
TRENTON, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) — A sea of blue, black and gold surrounded the Statehouse as up to 12,000 off-duty and retired New Jersey police and firefighters rallied to protest staff cuts and promote...
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Bloomberg Funds Campaign-Style Ad Rebutting Foes
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — Mayor Michael Bloomberg is paying hundreds of thousands of dollars out of his own pocket to fund campaign-style television ads touting his budget plan in what his...
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Toll Collectors Could Lose Jobs If New Jersey Turnpike Authority Privatizes
TRENTON, NJ (AP / CBSNewYork) - New Jersey‘s transportation commissioner says cumbersome union work rules cost the state as much as $13 million a year in salaries and benefits for extra toll...
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Tropicana Casino Reaches Contracts With 3 Unions
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) — An Atlantic City casino has finally reached deals with three of its union, ending a stalemate that had been going on for several weeks. The New Jersey AFL-CIO...
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Is The Giant Inflatable Rat An Endangered Species?
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – The giant, inflatable rat familiar to New Yorkers at union protests may be an endangered species. The rat, known as “Scabby,” is apparently on the way out, according to a...
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Menendez: Bipartisan Bill ‘Fixes Our Broken Immigration System’
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – The bipartisan immigration reform bill hammered out by the so-called Gang of Eight U.S. Senators has been formally unveiled. The Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and...
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Dockworkers Protest Hiring Freeze At Ports Of Newark, Elizabeth
ELIZABETH, N.J. (CBSNewYork) – Unions and businesses have come together to criticize a lack of staffing at northern New Jersey’s ports. As WCBS 880′s Marla Diamond reported, Longshoremen, their...
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