Share/Save – Local Cops & Firefighters Head to Trenton: Hundreds of Jersey City cops and firefighters joined more than 6,500 public-safety workers in Trenton yesterday to protest proposed bills in the state Legislature that they consider anti-union. MORE on the rally from the Record and the Asbury Park Press. – Hearing on Overcrowded Apts Delayed: [...]
Share/Save- Apple Tree House: The decades-long restoration of the historic Apple Tree House in Jersey City is nearing completion. But in light of austere state budget proposals, the city is scaling back what it is requesting from the state for the final leg of the fix-up. – Off-Duty Cop Involved in Car Crash Linked to [...]
Share/Save- Selling JCPD HQ: Jersey City officials are planning to sell Police Headquarters on Erie Street and move the department to another city location. – Cost of PATH Hub at WTC Rising: Planners of the new World Trade Center say they need another $180 million to finish the major transit hub at the site. – [...]
Share/Save- Christie’s Budget: Jersey City would receive $64 million in state aid under Gov. Christie’s proposed budget, the same amount as last year. The budget also pledges to “support expanded NJ Transit bus service” and avoid fare increases on NJ Transit trains and buses. – Healy Recall Falls Short: As expected, the group trying to [...]
Share/SaveMembers of the Office and Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU), AFL-CIO Local 320 will gather today in Jersey City to protest possible union lob losses in Kansas City. The 11:30 am protest is targeting CIGNA Healthcare, which has offices at 499 Washington Boulevard in the Newport area, over plans by the Boilermakers National Fund to [...]
Share/Save- JC Stays #2: New 2010 Census data shows that Newark remained New Jersey’s largest city, with 277,140 residents, a gain of roughly 3,600 people since 2000. Jersey City grew at a faster pace since 2000 and grew to 247,697, up from 240,055 in 2000, but remains the Garden State’s second-largest city for now. But [...]
Share/SaveWith the support of several local elected officials, a handful of private security officers held a rally today outside of Washington Boulevard’s gleaming office towers in Jersey City to demand better wages and benefits. The rally was timed to coincide with the upcoming Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday, and speakers echoed his call for social [...]
Share/Save- Jersey City Medical Center: The Jersey City Medical Center has implemented temporary furlough days for non-union and management employees, citing operating losses in September and October. The furloughs amount to one day a week for full-time employees and one day every two weeks for part-timers, and are scheduled to end on January 31, 2011. [...]
Share/SaveUPDATE/CORRECTION (November 29, 2010 at 2:20 PM): The first version of this story reported the salary figures as hourly; according to city spokesperson Jennifer Morrill, they are in fact per diem. Our apologies for the confusion. Jersey City and the Jersey City School Traffic Guards Association have come to terms on a new contract that [...]
Share/Save Photo: Steve Gold Though it was already known that the City Council would not be voting on the Healy administration proposal to fold the Department of Public Works (DPW) into the Jersey City Incinerator Authority (JCIA), that didn’t stop union members and others from once again packing council chambers Tuesday night to show their [...]
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