by Ron DeLord | May 31, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
The Anchorage Assembly voted to significantly boost pay for senior-level cops and firefighters Tuesday night, a move aimed at fixing a situation where a promotion from a union job in either department means a sharp pay cut. The vote was 8-3. Assembly members Elvi...
by rondelord | Nov 5, 2014 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
Anchorage voters soundly rejected Ballot Measure 1 in Tuesday’s election, in effect repealing the Sullivan administration’s rewrite of city labor law and handing a triumph to labor unions that have spent nearly two years bitterly fighting the measure. With all...