by rondelord | Jun 29, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
A proposed ballot measure unveiled Thursday would reduce pension payments for state and local government employees in the nation’s most populous state. Former San Diego Councilman Carl DeMaio and former San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed will try to tap the same sense of...
by rondelord | Sep 6, 2014 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
The City of San Jose will soon be considering a controversial program aimed at boosting its understaffed police department. The goal: to entice officers to stay on the force, after retirement. The police proposal, what the department calls a new “officer retention”...