Friday, April 22, 2011

NJ worker fired over Quran burning gets job back

A bit of good news and sanity for a change. 

FROM TBO.COM:

TBO.com > News > AP
Apr 22, 8:24 AM EDT

NJ worker fired over Quran burning gets job back

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -- The New Jersey Transit employee fired for publicly burning pages of the Quran on the ninth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks is getting his job back.

A settlement obtained by The Star-Ledger Newark shows Derek Fenton will receive $25,000 for pain and suffering when he resumes his $86,110-a-year job. He'll also receive back pay equal to $331.20 for every day since his firing on Sept. 13, 2010.

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