by Ron DeLord | Jan 10, 2017 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Politics, Unions
Thanks to Hartford firefighters for doing their part to smother some of the financial embers threatening the city. They’ve agreed to pay freezes for four years and other concessions the city badly needed. If more unions did the same, Hartford would be looking at...
by Ron DeLord | Jul 8, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
Hartford’s financial picture is increasingly bleak. It needs more cooperation from its employee unions. The city and its unions must take every possible step to ensure that Hartford’s future doesn’t resemble Detroit’s recent past. Mayor Luke...
by Ron DeLord | May 17, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Politics, Unions
HARTFORD — As details emerge about concessions that Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin is seeking from the union representing the city’s firefighters, dozens of high-ranking veterans are putting in for retirement. Fire Chief Reginald Freeman said this week that more...
by Ron DeLord | Apr 10, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
HARTFORD — Mayor Luke Bronin pressed ahead with union talks Tuesday, a day after the city council rebuffed a proposal to support financial oversight legislation that Bronin has championed. Bronin arranged meetings with the city’s unions that are expected to...
by rondelord | Jul 25, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
The state has quietly settled a suit that challenged what critics claim was a policy permitting a labor union to collect dues from state employees who choose not to be union members. The settlement, approved Wednesday by a federal judge in Hartford, requires the state...