by Ron DeLord | May 4, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Health Insurance, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
Court ordered mediation in the next step in the standoff between the San Antonio Police Officers Association and the City over the legality of the Evergreen Clause in the 2011 contract, News Radio 1200 WOAI reports. The 4th Texas Court of Appeals issued the order on...
by Ron DeLord | Oct 13, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
A proposal by Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick to have an interim State Senate committee examine whether to continue the practice of allowing teachers and other state employees to continue to have their union dues automatically deducted from their paychecks has sparked anger...
by rondelord | Jun 23, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Health Insurance, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
She won, they lost, and now Mayor Taylor is telling the San Antonio Police Officers Association that elections have consequences. In a strongly worded letter to SAPOA President Mike Helle, Taylor outlines what she called her ‘expectations’ for the...
by rondelord | Dec 31, 2014 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Health Insurance, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
Veteran Bexar County Commissioner Tommy Adkisson blistered City Manager Sheryl Sculley as he announced his candidacy for Mayor on Sunday, declaring there is ‘something fundamentally wrong’ with the manager making a salary and benefits of $500,000 a year,...