by Ron DeLord | Nov 20, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
Spurred by two controversial police use-of-force encounters, Austin Mayor Steve Adler will announce Wednesday a new task force aimed at combating what he calls “institutional racism” citywide that will include dozens of representatives from business, education and...
by Ron DeLord | Nov 8, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo on Wednesday announced that he will now suspend and possibly fire any police supervisor who fails to report all complaints against officers to internal affairs. Acevedo made the announcement in the wake of an audit of police...
by Ron DeLord | Oct 14, 2016 | Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
Continuing his efforts to champion law enforcement since five Dallas officers were shot to death in July, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick announced Wednesday that he will press legislators to provide all 59,000 patrol officers in Texas with bulletproof vests capable of stopping...
by Ron DeLord | May 2, 2016 | Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo has been reprimanded, stripped of five days’ pay and warned his job is in jeopardy after his boss said he didn’t follow orders to stop discussing the controversial police shooting of an unarmed teen in February. At the center of the...
by rondelord | Oct 1, 2014 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Politics, Unions
TEXAS – The Austin Firefighters Association has rejected a labor contract with the city that was proposed after approximately three months of negotiations. The union and the city have been without a contract since October, after labor contract negotiations to...