by Ron DeLord | Dec 5, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
Police organizations have high hopes for President-elect Donald Trump. But at the top of their wish list isn’t proposed legislation or policy — rather they hope the self-proclaimed “law and order” candidate can usher in a new era of respect and support for law...
by Ron DeLord | Nov 8, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – Republican lawmakers in the Pennsylvania Legislature launched a new push Tuesday night to overhaul benefits in Pennsylvania’s two large public pension systems as the state grapples with tens of billions of dollars in pension debt. A...
by Ron DeLord | Jun 19, 2016 | Fire, Labor, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
The unions have highlighted business practices at Mr. Trump’s hotels and resorts that they deem anti-union, including efforts against unionizing Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas and the hiring of foreign workers at Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Florida. But the...
by Ron DeLord | May 17, 2016 | Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
PHOENIX (AP) – Voters are being asked to sign off on a major part of a police and firefighter pension system overhaul in next week’s special election that was enacted by the Arizona Legislature earlier this year. The changes contained in Proposition 124 on...
by Ron DeLord | Mar 27, 2016 | Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
The funeral Tuesday for a Virginia police officer killed on her first day of work serves as the latest reminder of an uptick of fatal police shootings so far this year. Of 14 line-of-duty deaths of law enforcement officers recorded in the first two months of 2016, 11...