by Ron DeLord | Nov 8, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
Southern California has Los Angeles, with its movie stars and beautiful beaches, and the Bay Area has hip San Francisco and Silicon Valley. But working class Fresno has one thing no other city in California does: a fully funded pension. “The fact they are so...
by Ron DeLord | May 31, 2016 | Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
A seemingly growing rift between union members and other factions of the Democratic Party could present an opening this year for Donald Trump – the NAFTA-hating, border wall-building Republican populist – to peel off labor voters traditionally loyal to the...
by Ron DeLord | Sep 8, 2015 | Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
Police departments face a recruiting shortage amid a growing anti-cop mood that some fear has taken the pride out of peacekeeping and put targets on the backs of the men and women in blue. Open calls for the killing of police have been followed by assassinations,...
by rondelord | Dec 1, 2014 | Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
A St. Louis police officers’ group called on the NFL to punish five Rams players who stood with their hands raised before trotting onto the field for pregame introductions Sunday. The St. Louis Police Officers’ Association said it was “profoundly...