by Ron DeLord | Jul 23, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
Stung by disciplinary problems that have beset Oakland’s Police Department, the City Council is considering a call for an independent police commission that would have broad powers to oversee the rank and file — and even fire the chief. The proposal by Councilmen Dan...
by Ron DeLord | Jul 23, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Health Insurance, Labor, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
WASHINGTON — For several years, the Obama administration has urged state insurance regulators to use tools provided by the Affordable Care Act to hold down health care premiums. Now federal officials will have a chance to practice what they preach as they confront big...
by Ron DeLord | Jul 23, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
The chairman of D.C.’s police union says his officers will work to unseat 10 council members, who signed a resolution calling for police reform. The resolution written by Council member David Grosso (I-At Large) lists the names of 10 people he and other council...
by Ron DeLord | Jul 23, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
Last month, contract negotiations between City Hall and the Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association, the union that represents the city’s rank-and-file police officers, again reached a standstill. On June 28, the PBA filed a Declaration of Impasse with the New York State...
by Ron DeLord | Jul 23, 2016 | Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A sheriff’s deputy in Tennessee has been suspended without pay over a Facebook post regarding a Black Lives Matter protest that led to the shutdown of Interstate 40. Shelby County sheriff’s spokesman Earle Farrell told The Commercial...
