by Ron DeLord | Jan 10, 2017 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
U.S. District Judge James Robart declined Wednesday to intervene in a labor dispute between the city of Seattle and the police union representing captains and lieutenants, saying the issue didn’t pose a direct challenge to police-accountabilty reforms. Robart, after...
by Ron DeLord | Dec 5, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
Seattle City Attorney Pete Holmes has asked the federal judge overseeing court-ordered police reforms to step into a labor dispute with the Police Department’s management union, saying the conflict could have a “material effect” on the timing of proposed...
by Ron DeLord | Jul 23, 2016 | Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
Ron Smith, president of the Seattle Police Officers’ Guild, is resigning amid heavy criticism over a Facebook post about the death of five police officers in Dallas last week. The resignation is effective July 31, and union Vice President Kevin Stuckey will fulfill...
by Ron DeLord | Mar 27, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
The department is already under a federal monitoring agreement, and the board will face a strong challenge from the city’s police union, which plans to go to court to stop the move to vest the board with investigative and subpoena powers. “For 50 years the people of...
by rondelord | Jul 6, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
After months of wrangling and last-minute talks, Mayor Ed Murray, Seattle Police Chief Kathleen O’Toole and the Community Police Commission (CPC) agreed in principle Monday on long-delayed police-accountability legislation. The legislation, subject to fine-tuning,...