by Ron DeLord | Oct 29, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
Wilmington officials are asking state arbitrators to reconsider a decision that would require the city to give its police officers retroactive raises. The city’s appeal will be considered at a hearing before the state Public Employment Relations Board on Nov. 18 at 10...
by rondelord | Mar 9, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
Consolidating police forces — an idea being pushed by Delaware’s chief justice — isn’t a novel concept across America, and has been employed with varying degrees of success in dozens of jurisdictions. More than 40 years ago in Nevada, the Las Vegas police merged with...
by rondelord | Apr 26, 2014 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
DELAWARE – A typically uneventful Wilmington budget hearing saw some liveliness Thursday as several police officers sporting T-shirts saying “TREAT US FAIRLY” joined firefighters as City Council heard their departments’ spending plans for the...