by Ron DeLord | Sep 26, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
A month after Jacksonville voters passed a sales-tax extension to cover $2.85 billion in pension costs, city-employee unions are negotiating the terms of closing pension plans to new members. Mayor Lenny Curry said his administration is putting forward a solution he...
by Ron DeLord | Oct 4, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Unions
The Police and Firefighter Pension fund represents one of the city’s largest unfunded liabilities. It’s also the only city pension fund run by an independent board. Rotary Club panel moderator Howard Kelley asked City Council President Greg Anderson why. “So how does...