by Ron DeLord | Mar 13, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Unions
SAN JOSE — Police and city leaders Thursday announced mandatory overtime and the possible cancellation of an academy for new officers in a department where they say recruitment and retention is still reeling from city efforts to reduce costly pensions. The...
by Ron DeLord | Dec 8, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
SAN JOSE — City officials Friday announced tentative settlements on Measure B pension reforms with eight unions, bringing San Jose closer to replacing the controversial measure voters approved in 2012 that slowed the growth in retirement costs but launched a...
by Ron DeLord | Sep 27, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
Former San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed and former San Diego Councilman Carl DeMaio plan to revise and resubmit their proposed statewide initiative aimed at requiring voter approval for new government pension plans in response to a summary by the attorney general that they...
by Ron DeLord | Sep 8, 2015 | Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
In the wake of unnerving incidents of police violence against civilians across the country, communities and police departments struggle with how to build trust in the face of what’s perceived as racial or ethnic profiling. California’s Legislature can take...
by Ron DeLord | Sep 8, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
SAN JOSE — Amid a hot mayoral race last year, Mayor Sam Liccardo pledged he would “insist” that the city’s next police contract require officers who leave San Jose within several years of graduating from the police academy to pay back a portion...