by Ron DeLord | Nov 20, 2016 | Canadian unions, Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
The City of Medicine Hat and its firefighters have agreed to a wage freeze in 2017. It is an almost unprecedented feat in public sector bargaining, but one budgeters said was needed to grapple with a looming shortfall. Council members, who unanimously ratified the...
by Ron DeLord | Nov 8, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
Adjusted net pension liabilities for the 50 largest local governments totaled $367 billion in fiscal year 2015, up 192% from 2005, said a report Friday from Moody’s Investors Service. Of the 50 municipal entities reviewed, 32 had greater adjusted net pension...
by Ron DeLord | Nov 8, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
Sixty-five patrols and six detectives of the Yale Police Benevolent Association, also known as the Yale police union, were not alone during their information picketing last Wednesday afternoon. Several members of other Yale University unions, such as Local 34 and 35 —...
by Ron DeLord | Nov 8, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
After a Thursday 6th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruling that could alter how cities like Knoxville handle city pension cost of living adjustment increases, a Knoxville councilman wrote an open letter to Mayor Madeline Rogero asking the city to take up the issue. The...
by Ron DeLord | Nov 8, 2016 | Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
A Pennsylvania police chief, who angered some of his department’s rank-and-file members by speaking out in uniform at the Democratic National Convention in support of criminal justice reforms, announced his resignation on Friday. Pittsburgh Police Chief Cameron...
