Montclair Grants Domestic Partner Benefits

by: Juan Melli

Thu Jun 15, 2006 at 10:42:43 AM EDT

The Township Council directed Township Manager Joseph Hartnett during its Tuesday night meeting to include this addition in the collective bargaining process with Montclair’s nine labor unions.
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“It’s long overdue, and frankly, I’m surprised we did not have this already,” Mayor Ed Remsen said. “We moved quickly. It had to be done.”
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“I want to applaud them and am optimistic that this council will do the right thing and support this resolution,” Montclair resident Elizabeth Schroeder said before the vote was taken. “This is not a big financial burden. We are talking about human beings, not road fixtures.”