by rondelord | May 4, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
Albany – As Baltimore smoldered following the death of an unarmed man in police custody, Gov. Andrew Cuomo offered lawmakers a choice about future oversight of similar controversial cases in New York state. If lawmakers don’t approve his call for an...
by rondelord | Jan 20, 2015 | Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A judge has ruled that off-duty police officers may carry handguns at Minnesota Vikings games at TCF Bank Stadium. The Minneapolis police union and the Minnesota Police and Peace Officers Association sued last year after the NFL banned guns for all...
by rondelord | Jan 14, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Health Insurance, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
It’s back to the bargaining table for state troopers as members of their union voted down a contract offer that would have run through March 2018. While the supervisors, including sergeants and majors in the State Troopers PBA said yes to their offer, the much...
by rondelord | Dec 1, 2014 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
City department heads proposed eliminating 27 full-time jobs through layoffs and leaving vacant positions empty next year under $1.5 million in budget cuts submitted Friday to the City Council. The spending reductions amount to 2.3 percent of the $66.1 million budget...