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N.J. Turnpike Authority extends toll collectors' contract but plans to eliminate all jobs in 2 years
The Star-Ledger The Star-Ledger ^ | April 29, 2011 | Mike Frassinelli

Posted on 04/30/2011 6:43:13 AM PDT by Daffynition

Take a good look at the person handing out dollars and coins in that toll booth on the New Jersey Turnpike or Garden State Parkway.

You are seeing an endangered species.

The New Jersey Turnpike Authority, which oversees the Turnpike and Parkway, ratified an agreement today to extend the contract of toll collectors for two more years. Unions agreed to a series of concessions, including salary cuts of about 25 percent — from around $65,000 a year to $49,500 annually — by the end of the contract.

But the intention is to eliminate all toll collecting jobs when the contract expires June 30, 2013.

(Excerpt) Read more at nj.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Travel
KEYWORDS: newjersey; nj; unions
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To: Daffynition
I think the toll authority here in N. Texas did something similar... they were going (now are) all electronic tolling... but they didn't do so as fast as they could have. There was something in the paper 3 or 4 years ago that mentioned they wanted to slowly transition so as to not throw all the toll collectors out of work.

I said it then and I say it now... Why? In the private sector when a business wants to can you here in Texas (right to work state) they do it ... on the street cold turkey.

21 posted on 04/30/2011 9:35:48 AM PDT by Trajan88 (www.bullittclub.com)
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22 posted on 04/30/2011 9:57:37 AM PDT by TheOldLady
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To: Abby4116

The increase is also being used to make up for the losses of the pension funds that invested foolishly in real estate and the equities market ramped up using the borrow-and-spend policy that inevitably results in bust. Those investments have not come back, despite the fake DJIA recovery. So they are looking to fill those coffers by charging the people more. The people. You know “working families” AKA “the little guy.” Yes, those very same the unions claim to represent.


23 posted on 04/30/2011 10:15:48 AM PDT by Ghost of Philip Marlowe (Prepare for survival.)
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To: CharlesWayneCT

I suspect they’ll shuffle it off to a DOE or DOT regulation some day and implement something like it. They are openly talking about tagging mileage for a tax rather than the gas tax already.


24 posted on 04/30/2011 10:42:29 AM PDT by gusopol3
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To: CharlesWayneCT
People only accept the current speed limits because they know there?s only a small random chance of getting a ticket

Have you ever driven on the highways of North Carolina?

25 posted on 04/30/2011 10:57:00 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: Daffynition

Hah! I hope somebody has a moonroof!


26 posted on 04/30/2011 2:03:52 PM PDT by Titan Magroyne (What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Incidently, there seems to be fewer Virginia state troopers lining I-77 (and I-81, I assume) now that the speed limit has for the most part been raised to match that of their bordering states. Woohoo!


27 posted on 04/30/2011 2:08:38 PM PDT by Titan Magroyne (What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving.)
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To: Daffynition

Next, elevator operators.


28 posted on 04/30/2011 2:23:55 PM PDT by Graybeard58 (Trump - Romney, without the Mormon baggage.)
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To: Graybeard58
Just another dead end job.


29 posted on 05/01/2011 3:48:05 AM PDT by Daffynition ("Don't just live your life, but witness it also.")
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