by rondelord | Jul 6, 2015 | Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
After nearly 50 years, the state’s largest police union will fold into a larger statewide municipal union due to rising expenses, loss of membership and the unwillingness to pay higher membership dues, according to its president, Patrick Gaynor. Gaynor, a police...
by rondelord | Jul 6, 2015 | Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Amid increasing national scrutiny over shootings of unarmed minorities by police, citizen complaints about police are at a 25-year low in California, according to a report from the state attorney general. “It certainly creates a...
by rondelord | Jul 6, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
A five-year contract between the city and San Diego Police Officers Association that took effect today is meant to stem the tide of sworn personnel leaving the San Diego Police Department. The deal, which includes 3.3 percent pay raises in each of the final two years,...
by rondelord | Jul 6, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Health Insurance, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
SAN ANTONIO – Negotiations between the city and the police union have cost taxpayers more than $1.3 million, according to the city’s most recent financial data. So far this year, the city has paid $631,468.41 to three legal firms and two actuary firms for...
by rondelord | Jul 6, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
The failure to prioritize funding of core services was on prominent display at the June 16 Pima County budget adoption meeting. The board majority once again voted to raise your primary and secondary property tax rates following an emotional call to the public....
