by Ron DeLord | Dec 5, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
CLEVELAND, Ohio — The head of Cleveland’s largest police union said he has “respectfully declined” the demands from 10 members of the Community Police Commission that he resign his seat, saying he represents a constituency that would otherwise...
by Ron DeLord | May 31, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
On Tuesday, an arbitrator ordered the city of Cleveland to pay overtime to 50 Cleveland police officers every week for the three weeks surrounding July’s Republican National Convention. The decision by arbitrator Alan Miles Ruben means 150 out of 850 patrol...
by Ron DeLord | Jan 24, 2016 | Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
AKRON, Ohio — A longtime Akron police officer won a $30,000 settlement against the city after claiming the police chief demoted him in retaliation for writing about police use-of-force cases in the union’s private newsletter. The city agreed to pay 26-year...
by Ron DeLord | Nov 10, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
CLEVELAND, Ohio — Voters in Cleveland adopted a city charter amendment Tuesday, changing the city’s civil service hiring rules in an attempt to boost diversity on the payroll and meet the requirements of a consent decree with the U.S. Department of...
by Ron DeLord | Oct 29, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
CLEVELAND, Ohio — Many of the reforms that the city of Cleveland will soon implement as part of a settlement with the U.S. Justice Department fall in line with the best practices that a panel of experts came up with and presented to President Barack Obama. An advisory...