by Ron DeLord | Oct 14, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
PORTLAND, Ore. (PORTLAND TRIBUNE) — Members of two state boards are floating the idea of a statewide bond issue to deal with the $22 billion in unfunded liabilities of Oregon’s public pension system over the next decades. Members of the Public Employees Retirement...
by Ron DeLord | Jan 7, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN 6) — The Portland Police Association (PPA) filed a grievance this weekend after learning the chief of police will roll out a new shift configuration bureau-wide. On Friday, Chief Lawrence P. O’Dea III sent an email to all bureau employees in which...