by rondelord | Aug 22, 2015 | Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
The city of Chicago is the local government most burdened by unfunded retirement plans in the nation, with a pension debt that’s more than eight times annual revenues, according to a new study by Moody’s Investors Service. The city’s unfunded pension...
by rondelord | Feb 27, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
At first blush, Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner’s anti-union maneuvers last month seem perfectly in line with the recent spate of union-busting efforts in other Midwestern states. Indeed, Rauner seems to take a page right from the playbook that Gov. Scott Walker...
by rondelord | Jan 26, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
With campaigns for mayor and aldermanic seats underway, the call for Chicago to hire more police officers is loud and getting louder. Too bad the loudest voices are those with the fewest facts to back their position. On what basis, for example, do candidates for mayor...
by rondelord | Dec 17, 2014 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Unions
Brian West Easley, a partner in the labor and employment practice in the Chicago office of Cleveland-based law firm Jones Day, led a team of five other attorneys charged with managing Detroit’s labor relations during the city’s bankruptcy. He was...