by Ron DeLord | Nov 10, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Politics, Unions
The rank-and-file firefighters union will move ahead next week with a vote to ratify their contract with the city, union president Steve Cassidy told POLITICO New York. Cassidy, who leads the Uniformed Firefighters Association, had placed the contract on hold until...
by Ron DeLord | Nov 10, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
The head of the city’s rank-and-file police officer union seems to have lost a bid to get substantial raises for the city’s 24,000 officers. In a draft contract distributed Monday, an independent arbitrator proposed that Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association president...