by Ron DeLord | Jul 8, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
This has been a tough week for American police. They’re learning the hard way that in today’s world, the cell phone is mightier than the gun. Someone Is Always Watching First, there was Alton Sterling. He made a small living trafficking in illegal goods –...
by Ron DeLord | Jul 8, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
The L.A. County Sheriff’s Department will no longer report to the public whether individual deputies are deemed in or out of policy when they shoot suspects, after the union that represents rank and file objected. For months, such data had been available on the...
by Ron DeLord | Jul 8, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
MEMPHIS, TN – The new pension plan for Memphis City employees with fewer than seven and a half years on the job is now in place. Mayor Jim Strickland says, for younger employees, the new hybrid pension plan is better. But the police and firefighters association,...
by Ron DeLord | Jul 8, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
The city of Ventura has reached new labor agreements with its police and service unions. In the contract reached with police, officers, sergeants and corporals received a 2.25 percent increase in May and will receive another increase of 2.25 percent in January. They...
by Ron DeLord | Jul 8, 2016 | Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
The Ontario Provincial Police Association (OPPA) joined other police associations in condemning the executive director of Pride Toronto for appearing to agree to demands made by Black Lives Matter during Sunday’s Pride Parade, which called for, among other things,...
