by rondelord | May 30, 2015 | Canadian unions, Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
Calgary’s police union president claims a lack of maternal benefits is hurting attempts to recruit female police officers, but Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi said Monday it hasn’t stopped women from joining law enforcement. “I certainly have not seen any evidence of that...
by rondelord | May 30, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Health Insurance, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
It’s been nearly two months since the city of San Antonio and the San Antonio Police Officers Association last met to discuss a new collective bargaining agreement. That stalemate is expected to drag on even longer, city officials said. The two sides last met on March...
by rondelord | May 30, 2015 | Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
If you ever wondered whether that campus police officer in your rearview mirror was “a real cop,” let’s hope you didn’t find out the hard way. In Texas, the answer is: You bet they are, commissioned as peace officers and charged with enforcing state and local law....
by rondelord | May 30, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s plan to fix Chicago’s police and fire pension systems cleared its first hurdle at the Capitol on Friday, an approach that requires all city revenue from a Chicago casino to be paid into the funds and gives the city more time to restore the funds’...
by rondelord | May 30, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
The Governmental Accounting Standards Board is implementing new rules that require governments, for the first time, to report unfunded pension liabilities on their 2015 balance sheets. This sticker shock should create new urgency for meaningful pension reform. A...
