Judge rules against IBEW on salary report

For the second time in less than a month, a judge on Thursday rejected a bid by the Department of Water and Power's union to bar the Daily News from publishing its members' names, positions and salaries on the dailynews.com Web site. Beth Barrett in the Daily News.

In a hearing that lasted just three minutes, Superior Court Judge Dzintra Janavs said the union representing nearly 8,500 DWP workers failed to demonstrate the need for a preliminary injunction.

"You're not asking that a particular group be protected, but asking that nobody can be disclosed," said Janavs, who last month tentatively rejected the union's bid for a temporary restraining order. "There's not been a showing made that all employees (represented) by the union should be exempt."