Verona's Teachers Join Cedar Grove Counterparts, Get 3-Year Contracts

Verona’s teachers officially have contracts.

During Tuesday’s Verona Board of Education meeting, board members voted to approve a three-year contract with the Verona Education Association, just in time for the start of the school year.

The labor agreement with the union runs through June of 2018 and includes a 2.77 percent salary increase for employees in the first year, and 2.5 percent in years two and three, NorthJersey.com reported.

The VEA’s previous contract – which was settled in 2014 and was retroactive to 2012 – took 18 months of negotiation.

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The Cedar Grove Board of Education approved a three-year contact with the Cedar Grove Education Association in August, agreeing to a 2.7 percent increase in the first year, a 2.6 percent increase in the second and a 1.9 percent increase in the final year of the contract, NorthJersey.com reported.

The CGEA’s prior contract expired after the 2013-2014 school year.

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