by Ron DeLord | Jul 23, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
The chairman of D.C.’s police union says his officers will work to unseat 10 council members, who signed a resolution calling for police reform. The resolution written by Council member David Grosso (I-At Large) lists the names of 10 people he and other council...
by Ron DeLord | Jul 23, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
Last month, contract negotiations between City Hall and the Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association, the union that represents the city’s rank-and-file police officers, again reached a standstill. On June 28, the PBA filed a Declaration of Impasse with the New York State...
by Ron DeLord | Jul 23, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
A longtime St. Louis civil rights group and big labor are working to build closer ties in an effort the two groups say is part of a new focus that will continue beyond election season. AFL-CIO Executive Vice President Tefere Gebre was in St. Louis Thursday to meet...
by Ron DeLord | Jul 23, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
The city announced Tuesday evening that they had come to an agreement with a police union, bringing Boston one step closer to implementing a body camera pilot program. This comes after renewed calls by local activists in recent days following the high-profile police...
by Ron DeLord | Jul 23, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
New Jersey’s fiscal and economic future depends on how we answer a simple question: Do we have the courage to reform a broken pension system that’s driving us towards insolvency? There are some hopeful signs that the answer is “yes,” but if the state legislature gets...
by Ron DeLord | Jul 23, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
DETROIT (AP) – (07/11/16) – A white Detroit police detective has been demoted after calling the Black Lives Matter movement “racists” and “terrorists.” Nate Weekley posted the remarks on Facebook in response to the fatal shooting of...
