by rondelord | Feb 22, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Health Insurance, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
Madison — As Gov. Scott Walker builds a likely presidential campaign on his firm stand against unions, he isn’t highlighting one part of his record: his looser stance with the labor groups backing him. Scrutiny of Walker’s record will intensify in the...
by rondelord | Feb 22, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
Some of the proposals coming out of the Walker administration make one wonder if the administration is throwing stuff at the wall just to see if it will stick. That certainly seems to be the case with the 17% raise proposed for state troopers. The proposed huge raise...
by rondelord | Feb 22, 2015 | Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
Officials with the city’s biggest police group believe their efforts to fix officer morale have been arrested. Dallas Police Association officials said Wednesday that their 10-point proposal for “much-needed reforms,” such as flexible scheduling, changes to the...
by rondelord | Feb 22, 2015 | Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
The chief of Seattle’s largest police union has told members to “go [work] someplace else” if they are not willing to police the city’s racially diverse population without prejudice, marking a notable call for change from among the city’s rank-and-file officers who...
by rondelord | Feb 22, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – A proposal that could begin eliminating Indiana’s traditional public pension plan has passed its first hurdle at the Statehouse. The proposed changes follow a series of I-Team 8 reports in early 2014 that exposed serious concerns about the...
