by rondelord | May 12, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Unions
The Vallejo Police Officer’s Association is appealing a February court decision on a lawsuit against the city surrounding cuts to health benefits. The cuts were imposed as part of the city’s plan to exit bankruptcy — with tens of millions of dollars in potential...
by rondelord | Feb 27, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Health Insurance, Pensions, Police, Politics, Unions
A Solano County judge denied the Vallejo police union’s claim that it has a “vested right’ to fully paid retiree medical benefits, based on previous labor agreements, and that the City of Vallejo “engaged in surface bargaining.” In a court decision issued Monday,...
by rondelord | Nov 5, 2014 | Collective Bargaining, Pensions, Police, Politics, Unions
With tens of millions of dollars in potential retiree medical liabilities at stake, Vallejo is fighting a legal battle with its police union over cuts to health benefits imposed as part of the city’s plan to exit bankruptcy. At the center of the year-old case is...