by Ron DeLord | Jan 10, 2017 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Politics
Five years ago, the city agreed to hire 111 African-American firefighters bypassed by the city’s discriminatory handling of a 1995 firefighters entrance exam. Although 13 of those black firefighters were women, the city insisted on using a controversial and...
by Ron DeLord | Dec 5, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics
Once again a young black man has been killed in a shooting by a Chicago police officer, and once again protesters are on the march. It is wrong for anybody to jump to conclusions as to exactly what happened Wednesday night when 19-year old Kajuan Raye was shot and...
by Ron DeLord | May 31, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
Mayor Rahm Emanuel made big news on Friday, sort of, when he announced three basic reforms to crack down on police misconduct and restore trust in the Chicago Police Department. The mayor will make bigger news in late June when he reveals exactly how serious and...
by Ron DeLord | Apr 25, 2016 | Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
A “biased” report that portrays the Chicago Police Department as racist will cause already low police morale to take another nosedive, the police union president said Thursday. Dean Angelo, president of the Fraternal Order of Police, also ruled out immediate changes...
by Ron DeLord | Apr 10, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
Mayor Rahm Emanuel said Thursday he’s back at the bargaining table with organized labor in hopes of squeezing through the window the Illinois Supreme Court cracked open, even as it overturned his plan to save two of four city employee pension funds. “I don’t agree...