by rondelord | Aug 22, 2015 | Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
Activists from Black Lives Matter have launched an initiative called “Campaign Zero,” which seeks to bring down the number of people killed by police in the U.S. each year. The initiative includes ten proposals for reform that would help make that happen....
by rondelord | Aug 22, 2015 | Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
Amid the nationwide panic over the rising costs of public employee pensions, one proposed solution is nearly universal: States and municipalities should shutter their traditional defined benefit plans and place all new employees in a 401(k)-style defined contribution...
by rondelord | Aug 22, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Pensions, Police, Politics, Unions
A proponent of the latest California public-pension ballot proposal has launched an email effort he says will drum up an army of volunteers to collect signatures. A spokesman for the measure’s union opposition countered that the email is “a fundraising scam.” The mass...
by rondelord | Aug 22, 2015 | Fire, Labor, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
Nearly six in 10 Americans have a favorable view of labor unions, according to the results of a new Gallup survey released Monday. Approval of unions jumped to 58 percent this year, an increase of five percentage points from 2014, though still well below the 75...
by rondelord | Aug 22, 2015 | Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
In response to the open statement made by Councilman Victor Hernandez, The Lubbock Professional Police Association is concerned by the despicable nature in which Councilman Hernandez utilized social media as a platform to grandstand for his personal and political...
