The city’s firefighters union withdrew a lawsuit against the state Wednesday after the state delayed implementing changes to the union’s contract.
But the union’s attorney said the suit may be refiled as early as Thursday if the state doesn’t drop demands to cut 100 firefighters and make other changes.
The withdrawn lawsuit, filed in Atlantic County Superior Court but moved to federal court, aimed to block actions the state could take against the union under the so-called takeover law.
That law ultimately gave former U.S. Sen. Jeffrey Chiesa authority to hire or fire workers and break union contracts, among other powers, to fix the city’s finances.