by rondelord | Aug 27, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Police, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
Negotiating who gets paid how much for what at the Marin Civic Center will remain behind closed doors as county supervisors rebuffed civil grand jury proposals to let the light shine in. The county board Tuesday dismissed a call by the grand jury for a more open...
by rondelord | Aug 27, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
It’s well-known that there’s a huge financial hole in state-sponsored retirement plans for public employees, a hole that states will eventually have to fill with tax increases and spending cuts. There is, however, still considerable debate as to the size of this...
by rondelord | Aug 27, 2015 | Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – The head of the Dallas Police Association tells CBS 11 News that longer 911 response times can be blamed in part by officers being mentally beaten down. “The bottom line is response times are up, violent crime is up, and officers are fed up,”...
by rondelord | Aug 27, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
(APN) ATLANTA — City of Atlanta police and firefighters packed the public comment section of the Atlanta City Council’s Full Council Meeting on Monday, August 17, 2015. They were there to demand a pay increase that was denied them when 3,000 city workers received a...
by rondelord | Aug 27, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Health Insurance, Labor, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
TRENTON — Hundreds of thousands of public workers could continue to make higher contributions toward their health insurance premiums for several more years under a new ruling by the state agency that governs public employer-employee relations. The decision by the...
