by Ron DeLord | Jun 26, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has ruled in favor of a law that allows municipal workers to live outside city borders, ending a longstanding policy in Milwaukee that required workers like teachers, police and firefighters to reside there. The court’s 5-2...
by Ron DeLord | Sep 8, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Unions
The city of Milwaukee will try to get its unionized police officers to pay more of their pension contributions, under a discussion tied to Gov. Scott Walker’s push to end collective bargaining for most public employees in Wisconsin. The collective bargaining...