by Ron DeLord | Oct 23, 2016 | Labor, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
Nicole Grant, the King County Labor Council’s Executive Secretary-Treasurer, sat down with us recently to talk about the labor movement and police unions.This interview has been edited for clarity and length. Ansel Herz: The Seattle Police Officers Guild (SPOG),...
by Ron DeLord | Oct 14, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
Back in July, one week after the resignation of Seattle Police Officers Guild president Ron Smith and one day after the guild rejected a new contract offer, Mayor Ed Murray threatened to “immediately move” to binding arbitration with the city’s...
by Ron DeLord | Jun 26, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
In today’s paper, we walk you through some of proposed changes to the Seattle Police Officers’ Guild (SPOG) contract with the city. Members of the union—the city’s rank-and-file cops—are expected to vote on the contract soon. The changes to the...
by rondelord | Feb 22, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
This afternoon, Seattle Police Chief Kathleen O’Toole published a new social media policy—under development since last fall—on the department’s website. She says the policy was developed with the City Attorney’s Office, the department’s federal...
by rondelord | Dec 31, 2014 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
Concerned about whether cops get held accountable for misconduct? Pay attention to this: Ron Smith, the head of Seattle’s largest police union, says the city’s Community Police Commission is making a “naive” attempt to reform the...