Borough of Keyport v. International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 68 Explained — Employment Law

Supreme Court of New Jersey • Decided 2015-07-14 • 222 N.J. 314; 118 A.3d 1041

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Case Summary

Justice ALBIN, dissenting. The majority opinion sweeps away nearly fifty years of this Court’s public-sector labor jurisprudence, giving municipal employers the unilateral power to reduce the wages and hours of public employees promised in collective negotiations agreements. Before today, the cardinal principle guiding public-sector labor negotiations had been that the wages and hours of public workers are subje

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