by rondelord | Jan 14, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
The backlash against an innocuous photograph of Pittsburgh’s top cop holding a protest sign reveals the extent to which police unions risk marginalizing themselves from the current dialogue on police reform if they don’t get in step with the rest of...
by rondelord | Oct 9, 2014 | Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
Pennsylvania legislators have known for some time that the state is $40 to $50 billion (that’s “billion” with a “b”) short of the money needed to cover future pension payments to state employees and teachers. There has been no shortage of...