Atlantic City unions vote on plan to avert shutdown
Source: Philly.com
by Amy S. Rosenberg
Unions representing Atlantic City's municipal workers were voting Wednesday on a delayed wage payment plan that would allow City Hall to avert an April 8 shutdown, said Chris Filiciello, chief of staff to Mayor Don Guardian.
Filiciello described the plan, which would allow the city to pay workers every 28 days beginning April 8, as "only a temporary fix." The plan, if approved by the city's four unions, and then by City Council, would delay paychecks until May 6, several days after the city gets an infusion of cash from second-quarter real estate taxes.
The city previously announced it would run out of money April 8 and would have to shut City Hall for three weeks. Essential workers would continue to work without pay during a shutdown, but the city had said they would be reimbursed after the city collects its second-quarter taxes.
With negotiations for a rescue package and a controversial takeover proposal consuming Trenton legislators and the governor's office, Filiciello said the union vote would allow more time for a solution to be reached. Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto (D., Hudson) has said he will not allow a vote on a takeover bill that allows the state to rip up collective-bargaining agreements.
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