By John Mooney
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Joseph Del Grosso, the president of the Newark Teachers Union, which reached the labor contract agreement with the district, said not all retroactive pay has gone out yet and that the payments remain subject to a labor grievance. The two sides are still arguing over whether teachers who retired in the last two years will receive retroactive pay, he said.
Del Grosso said he also is concerned about how much influence the agreement gives to the foundation, but he is confident that his members will get paid regardless.
“This is the contract the district has to fulfill,” he said. “I’m not worried where the money has to come from [for his members], they still have to pay.”
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