NJ Transit Worker Who Burned Koran Gets $25k and Job Back
Derek Fenton, who worked for NJ Transit for over 11 years, will be reassigned to his $86,110-a-year job as a conductor and as an assistant train-consist coordinator. He will also get $25,000 for pain and suffering, as well as back pay equal to $331.20 for every day since his firing.
He was fired from the transit agency after burning a koran during a protest against the proposed Cordoba House/Park51 community center/mosque near Ground Zero while off-duty.