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Miami City Manager airs dirty laundry in fight with police union

Miami City Manager airs dirty laundry in fight with police union

by Ron DeLord | Jan 10, 2017 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions

  In response to allegations of heavy-handed punishment and allusions to racism, Miami’s top administrator on Friday issued a memo detailing the sex, race and transgressions of every full-time employee fired under his watch — a dirty laundry list that...
Miami budget crunchers warn city spending is getting out of whack

Miami budget crunchers warn city spending is getting out of whack

by Ron DeLord | May 31, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions

Fully recovered from a financial crisis during the late 2000s, Miami commissioners are finally restoring the pay and benefits they unilaterally stripped from their employees in order to balance their books — and giving budget crunchers heartburn in the process. Taking...
Miami-Dade says it has enough police, delays summer cadet class

Miami-Dade says it has enough police, delays summer cadet class

by Ron DeLord | Apr 25, 2016 | Labor, Police, Politics, Unions

Miami-Dade won’t bring on dozens of police cadets as planned late this summer, saying it has already met hiring targets. A cadet class scheduled to start in August will be delayed at least until the fall, officials said Thursday, describing a move that would slide the...
Hiring 4,000 prison guards is a start, not an end

Hiring 4,000 prison guards is a start, not an end

by Ron DeLord | Apr 10, 2016 | Labor, Police, Politics, Unions

This could be the start of something big. In fact, it has to be. Last week, Julie Jones, secretary of the state’s Department of Corrections, announced an initiative to recruit 4,000 corrections officers by July 2017. This move is crucial to plugging the staffing gaps...
Police body-cam recording of defense attorney causes stir in Miami-Dade

Police body-cam recording of defense attorney causes stir in Miami-Dade

by Ron DeLord | Apr 10, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions

A Miami Beach cop, worried about his words being twisted at trial, recently used his newly outfitted “body camera” to record a hallway interview by a defense attorney — without telling her first. The resulting objection from the Miami-Dade Public Defender’s Office, it...
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