LEA Accepts Report on Pact, but Negotiations at Stalemate
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THE NEW Your want ad The Zip Code is easy to place £ for Linden is -Phone 686-7700 which became a Suburban Publishing Corp. newspaper on July 2, 1964 An O fficial Newspaper For The City of Linden 07036 Published Eoch Thursday by Suburban Publishing Carp. Subscription Rats $6.00 Yearly VOL. 19-NO. 48 LINDEN, N.J.. THURSDAY. JULY 26, 1973 20 Cents Per Copy 21* North Wood avo., Linden, N.J. 07034 Second Class Postage Paid at Linden, N.J. LEA accepts report on pact, but negotiations at stalemate j^llllllltlllllMIIIIIHfflltlOHINMIMIMtMMHIMIIMIIMIMItNMNIMNMMMMMUMIMMtl Board O K s 1 * •• ' Teachers new pact for act on study custodians of fact-finder Rescinds June action Deadlock may continue due to errors in rates into new school year The Linden Board of Education approved a DOOR-TO-DOOR fund | revised contract for the maintenance and By RAE HUTTON drive Saturday w ill be s janitorial workers employed in the school Despite the acceptance of the fact-finder’s systepi at its regular board meeting last for the benefit of two- I report by the leadership of the Linden s Education Association, negotiations between Wednesday evening in the Linden High School year old Peter Swierk. § auditoriim. the LEA and the Linden School Board remain The school board had approved a contract at who is paralyzed from S at a stalemate, and probably will stay that way, a special meeting on June 25, but rescinded that at least until school begins. the chest down and s action because of errors in the hourly rate*: for s The fact-finder, appointed by PERC and paid the employees. The minimum pay, 17,075 and has already spent six * for jointly by the school board and the LEA, submitted his recommendations about two the maximum, $11,050, remain the same. months in the’ji The salary guide for head janitors employed weeks ago, but only the teachers’ association has acted on them. at a secondary school ranges from the h o s p ita l. § minimum of $7,075 to $10,523; for assistant LE A President Michael Gaines announced at janitors, from $6,875 to $9,784, and for last Wednesday’s Board of Education meeting UNCERTAIN— This tiny tot wasn't quite sure what she'd find after stepping into the janitresses, from $5,599 to $7,925 that “ the leadership of the Linden Education Association has resolved to recommend to its kiddy pool at the Russell Wheeler Park Pool in Linden recently. She braved the The salary guide for head janitors at cooling waters for a few minutes, but than took off for the nearest stairway where elementary schools and the athletic field range membership the fact-finder’s report regarding salary and other contractural provisions.’ ’ she climbed up to more familiar ground. (Photo-Graphics) from the $7,075 minimum to a $10,029 maximum; for assistant janitors, from a The school board, however, failed to act on the report, either at last Wednesday’s meeting minimum of $6,875 to $9,547, and for janitresses, from $5,569 to $7,733. or a special adjourned meeting held Monday night. The recommendations of the fact-finder Francis J. Burns, 70; Maintenance men receive a $7,075 minimum are not binding. to a $11,050 maximum. The contract also provides time and a half School Board Commissioner Abraham Roth berg, chairman of the education and finance pay for all workers for overtime after 40 hours was former councilman committees, said he had not even read the work. report , however he said that he would “ not be In other business last Wednesday night, A Funeral Mass was offered Monday mor the Cities Service Oil Co., when he retired in influenced by the report one way or another.” school board secretary Lottie Rtoeftband read ning in St. Elizabeth’s Church, Linden, for Rothberg also indicated that the school board 1963 after 35 years service. several letters commending Commissioner former Fifth Ward Councilman Francis J. Mr. Bums was a communicant of St. may not even act to accept or reject the report, Abraham Rothberg ter Ms recent aetion M Bums. Mr. Bums died lait Thursday in St. Elizabeth’s Church and a member of the guard but will, continue to negotiate a contract. declining to have the new vocaBamri building KUeaheth’s Hospital, Elizabeth, after a leng of honor there for 22 years prior to becoming ill H a settlement is not ranched by September, named in his honor. Fund drive Saturday illness He was 70. 10 years ago. He also was a member of the this will be the second cn— suttee w a r Unrisft Mr. Bums, who was a Democrat, served on parish Holy Name Society. The letters were from H Roy Wheeler, a teachers have returned to scboei wiiboat m the City Council from 1948 until 1964. He was a He was a member of the Linden City former Mayor of Linden who appointed Roth contract. member of the buildings and grounds com Democratic Club and a charter and honorary berg to the board more than 20 years ago; to help paralyzed boy The LEA and the school board have been mittee. member of the Linden Council 2859, Knights of Richard B. Magner, who served as board at negotiating a contract since December, 1971. A native of Highland, Pa., he lived in torney for many years, and the Board of Columbus. A door-to-door fund drive to raise Because of the spinal damage, the Reportedly, the contract, when finally settled, Freeland, Pa., and Elizabeth before moving to Directors of Aiexian Brothers Hospital, of He also was a member of the Linden Division money for medical expenses for Peter child is paralyzed from the chest down. will be for the 1973 to 1975 school years. Linden 35 years ago. which Rothberg is a member. of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, Elizabeth Swierk will be held all day Saturday in His mother said he has spent a total of six Although details of the fact-finder’s report He was supervisor of first aid and safety for The board approved the submission of an Local 151, Musicians Union, the Linden Linden. months in the hospital since he was born. were not revealed, a source said the recom application to the New Jersey State Depart Firemen’s Association, in which he held Peter, 2^, is the son of Mr. and Mrs Mr. and Mrs. Swierk have another mendations include a 5.5 percent wage increase ment of Education for the continuation of the honorary membership, and the Linden PBA, of William Swierk of 101 W. 18th st., Linden. child, Michael, 4. Sv-ierk is employed as for the first year, and the acceptance of binding Title I program for the 1974 fiscal year in the which he was a life member. He suffers from spina bifida, a hole in the a truck driver. arbitration. The latter matter reportedly has Merchants ask amount of $102,513, which is 80 percent of the While living in Freeland, Mr. Bums was a spine, and hydrocephalus, which is water been a major stumbling block during the amount received from the state in 1973 Besides the fund drive, donations are member and officer of St. Ann’s Band, official on the brain. negotiations. The board also approved a computer time being accepted at the Graselli Post musical organization of the United Mine Mrs. Swierk said that medical ex Rothberg repeatedly has emphasized during for 'home rule' Workers of America. rental agreement with the Wayne Board of Office, where a special box has been set penses have been estimated at about the prolonged negotiations that the teachers in Education in the amount of $5,256 The aside. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Loretta Breslin $25,000 a year if there are no com Linden are paid salaries comparable to Burns and two sisters, Miss Margaret Bums of equipment is utilized in the Business Education plications; however, Peter has suffered teachers in surrounding communities. The Philadelphia and Mrs. Jetta Freeman of Department at Linden High School in the Mrs. Swierk said that volunteers are in sign dispute pneumonia six times since he was born. present salary guide for teachers with a Jasper, Ala. “ Introduction to Com puters’ ’ and the needed to conduct the door-to-door bachelor’s degree is $8,500 to $14,500 with an The Union County Highway Merchants He has also undergone three spinal The Krowicki-McCracken Funeral Home “ Elementary Computer Programming sub campaign on Saturday. Interested additional $25 under a longevity clause. The Association went on record last week as operations and two for the completed the funeral arrangements. jects. persons may contact the Swierk family. maximum for teachers with a master’s is requesting the state legislature to take back hydrocephalus. Several teacher appointments were also $15,700 and $16,900 for teachers with a master’s power regulating highway sign encroachment iNMimliiiiiimNHiwHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiHiiiiiiuiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiNiiimimimmiiiimiiHiiiiiiiiimii (Continued on page 8) degree plus 32 credits. from the State Department of Transportation. Anne Whitford, who is advising the LEA on Jack Gant, president of the association, said Accord expected behalf of the New Jersey Education that the membership wants the enforcement of Association, said this week that under a PERC the law “ taken out of the hands of the DOT.” with contractor on Gaines is new president ruling, the complete report submitted by the Many merchants along Routes 1 and 27 in fact-finder cannot be made public until both or Linden, as well as on state highways either of the parties act on it.