CWA and State PBA throw retirement party for County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo, Jr.
- GOVERNMENT
- Joy Yagid
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Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo, Jr. missed his own "retirement" party Wednesday, opting to spend his time in Puerto Rico, where he is vacationing. The party, attended by about 20 people, came complete with cake and ice cream. It was thrown for him by angry union members at South Orange Village Hall in South Orange just prior to the start of the public meeting of the Essex County Freeholders. The "party" followed news released last week that, due to a loophole in state pension laws, DiVincenzo has been collecting a pension since last August while still collecting a paycheck as County Executive. DiVincenzo later apologized for the controversy surrounding his pension but not for collecting the pension. "I put in 29 years, I …
Deal stops short of rehiring the three officers laid off last month.
Following a two-and-a-half year struggle, Maplewood Township and the police unions are finally nearing an end to contract negotiations, with a deal for senior officers already signed. A memorandum of agreement was approved by the Township on Tuesday night, providing Superior Officers Association (SOA) Local 44A with a five-year contract ending in 2011. The SOA represents the Maplewood Police Department’s officer corps, including sergeants, lieutenants and captains. Township Administrator Joseph Manning said that a matching agreement with the Policeman's Benevolent Association (PBA) Local 44—representing the rest of the approximately 60 Maplewood police personnel—would be signed soon, pending a vote by the union’s general membership that …
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