by Ron DeLord | Oct 14, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
Back in July, one week after the resignation of Seattle Police Officers Guild president Ron Smith and one day after the guild rejected a new contract offer, Mayor Ed Murray threatened to “immediately move” to binding arbitration with the city’s...
by Ron DeLord | Oct 14, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
A divided federal appeals court on Monday rejected claims by Detroit retirees that their pensions were unfairly cut to help the city end the largest U.S. municipal bankruptcy. The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati said restoring the pension cuts would...
by Ron DeLord | Oct 14, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Politics, Unions
AUSTIN, Texas — Local firefighters are pushing back against a lawsuit alleging they are spending a significant amount of time engaging in union activities when they should be answering calls. The suit, filed by the Texas Public Policy Foundation and Goldwater...
by Ron DeLord | Oct 14, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
With Riverside County’s budget challenges as a backdrop, county officials are negotiating with several public employee unions over contracts that have expired or are set to expire soon, although no deals appear imminent. Contracts with the Riverside Sheriffs’...
by Ron DeLord | Oct 14, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
HARLINGEN — The city’s police and firefighter unions will enter the new fiscal year without renewed contracts. The contracts expired yesterday, but they include an “evergreen” clause that will allow police officers and firefighters to continue to work for as long as a...
by Ron DeLord | Oct 14, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
With CalPERS sitting on $170 billion of pension debt created by 17 years of underfunding, we CalPERS pensioners deserve some answers. Will this finally be the year that the California Public Employees’ Retirement System board proves that getting full funding is more...
