By Peggy McGlone/The Star-Ledger
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Newark Teachers Union president Joseph DelGrosso described the layoffs as retribution. The union endorsed Mayor-elect Ras Baraka, a Newark high school principal who repeatedly called for Superintendent Cami Anderson’s ouster.
“I guess it’s payback,” DelGrosso said.
DelGrosso said the union will fight the cuts.
“We will have our meetings with the parties, from the mayor-elect to the commissioner (acting Commissioner of Education David Hespe),” he said.
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