by rondelord | Jan 20, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
A revised contract that would provide health care benefits to retired Scranton police officers could be a future budget buster that would cripple the city financially for decades to come, a Times-Tribune analysis shows. Mayor Bill Courtright’s administration has...
by rondelord | Sep 2, 2014 | Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
PENNSYLVANIA – State Auditor General Eugene DePasquale only stated the obvious Wednesday when he reported that city pension deficits are pushing Scranton toward insolvency. The city pension fund for firefighters is financed at only 16.7 percent, and within 2½...