by rondelord | Aug 22, 2015 | Fire, Labor, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
Nearly six in 10 Americans have a favorable view of labor unions, according to the results of a new Gallup survey released Monday. Approval of unions jumped to 58 percent this year, an increase of five percentage points from 2014, though still well below the 75...
by rondelord | Jun 8, 2015 | Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
House GOP leaders are creating a congressional task force on law enforcement practices in the wake of the Baltimore and Ferguson riots, several lawmakers confirmed to POLITICO. House Republican Conference Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.) and Republican Policy...
by rondelord | May 12, 2015 | Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
The woes of the nation’s 18,000 state and local law enforcement agencies have been placed on the shoulders of around 50 lawyers. These Justice Department lawyers, housed within the agency’s Civil Rights Division, for the past 20 years have represented an aggressive...
by rondelord | Feb 27, 2015 | Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
Cleveland is becoming a city defined by its collective impatience. Nearly three months have passed since a white Cleveland police officer shot and killed Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old black boy wielding an air gun in a city park. We’re still waiting to see if the rookie...
by rondelord | Feb 12, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
Public-sector workers are under fire again — and not just from Republicans. Three years after Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker curtailed collective bargaining and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie cut pension benefits for public employees in the name of budget austerity,...
