by Ron DeLord | Dec 5, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
CLEVELAND, Ohio — The head of Cleveland’s largest police union said he has “respectfully declined” the demands from 10 members of the Community Police Commission that he resign his seat, saying he represents a constituency that would otherwise...
by Ron DeLord | Dec 5, 2016 | Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
San Francisco’s police union intensified its attack on a proposal to restrict officers from shooting at moving vehicles — a top priority for reform advocates — by releasing an advertisement dramatizing what could happen if a raging motorist gunned his pickup into a...
by Ron DeLord | Dec 5, 2016 | Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
The Conroe ISD is reviewing a school district officer’s Facebook comment that referred to “anti-Trump sentiment” as “retardation” Tuesday. Philadelphia resident and activist Rufus Farmer said he came across the social media post shared by...
by Ron DeLord | Dec 5, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
Seattle City Attorney Pete Holmes has asked the federal judge overseeing court-ordered police reforms to step into a labor dispute with the Police Department’s management union, saying the conflict could have a “material effect” on the timing of proposed...
by Ron DeLord | Dec 5, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
The city of Palo Alto should have consulted with its public safety unions before authorizing a 2011 ballot measure to repeal a provision on binding arbitration, an appellate court has determined. The Sixth District Court of Appeal in San Jose agreed with the Public...
