by rondelord | Jun 29, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
San Jose has reached multi-year agreements with all but one of its 11 employee unions, the city announced at the end of last week. The contracts, which come up for City Council approval Tuesday and have yet to be ratified by union members, would restore salaries cut...
by rondelord | Jun 23, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Health Insurance, Police, Politics, Unions
In 1988, as mayor of San Antonio, Henry Cisneros steered negotiations with the police union that yielded the richest benefits package in Texas. Now, as chairman of the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce, Cisneros is praising Mayor Ivy Taylor for staring down the police...
by rondelord | Jun 23, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Health Insurance, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
She won, they lost, and now Mayor Taylor is telling the San Antonio Police Officers Association that elections have consequences. In a strongly worded letter to SAPOA President Mike Helle, Taylor outlines what she called her ‘expectations’ for the...
by rondelord | Jun 23, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
Three big shocks in as many weeks in Cleveland have left police officers reeling. Steve Loomis, head of the Cleveland Police Patrolmen’s Association, has said that officers feel uneasy after recent decisions handed down concerning the department—decisions that have...
by rondelord | Jun 23, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Unions
The state Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed thousands of San Francisco city employees and retirees to regain increases in future pensions that voters had sought to eliminate. A lower-court ruling had restored the increases for employees who retired after November...
