by rondelord | Apr 9, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
The Portland police commanding officers union is urging state lawmakers to reverse a state labor board ruling that excluded Portland police captains and commanders who serve as division managers from union membership. House Bill 2978, written narrowly to affect about...
by rondelord | Apr 9, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
Several Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office deputies have left the force after learning that the Deputy Sheriff’s Association has been unable to come to terms with the county in negotiating a pay increase for law enforcement staff, according to Sheriff Tom Allman....
by rondelord | Apr 9, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Unions
EL PASO, Texas – The El Paso City Council received a sobering report showing the City’s revenue is not keeping up with its expenditures. “All of these costs are growing at a fast pace while our revenues aren’t growing at the same rate”,...
by rondelord | Apr 9, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
The town and police union have a contract after a nearly two-year standoff over wages and other benefits after a decision came down Monday from a Hartford arbitration board mediating the impasse. First Selectman Rob Mallozzi said last week he believed the settlement...
by rondelord | Apr 1, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Health Insurance, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
Collective bargaining talks between the City of San Antonio and the San Antonio Police Officers Association came to a sudden if undeclared impasse Tuesday after union officials rejected the city’s latest improved wage and benefits proposal and refused to present a...