by rondelord | Aug 22, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
PAWTUCKET – The city will have to pay extra for its police force this year after an arbitrator’s ruling swung the way of the union. City officials and members of the Pawtucket Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 4 have long been at an impasse on a new...
by rondelord | May 17, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
NORTH PROVIDENCE – Acting Police Chief Chris Pelagio has punished the head of the local police union for wearing his uniform while attending an April 27 budget hearing to question Mayor Charles Lombardi’s proposal to give the chief a raise. “I guess...