by Ron DeLord | Sep 14, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
Reno police officers will take home a 2 percent salary increase under a new $39 million labor contract unanimously approved by the Reno City Council on Wednesday. The council also approved a new labor contract for the city’s fire battalion and division chiefs....
by rondelord | Apr 1, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
Republican lawmakers, fresh off taking the majority in the Nevada Legislature for the first time in decades, are pursuing sweeping changes to the state’s collective bargaining law, which sets the ground rules for how local governments wrangle with their public...
by rondelord | Nov 10, 2014 | Fire, Labor, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
If voters wanted a new Reno City Council to take the city in a new direction, they got one. From a mayor who could be described as the exact opposite of Mayor Bob Cashell, to two new Council members who draw support from labor unions and Democratic activists as...
by rondelord | Jun 8, 2014 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
An independent fact-finder has found in favor of the city of Reno in its year-long battle over a new labor contract with the police union. The fact-finder’s decision, however, is not binding, prompting the Reno Police Protective Association’s chief...