by Ron DeLord | May 31, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
Oxnard’s rocky negotiations with its fire and police unions have hit what might be a first: impasse. The city on May 6 declared impasse with the two public safety groups, said Human Resources Director Tabin Cosio. On May 18, it declared impasse with a third...
by Ron DeLord | May 31, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
Fully recovered from a financial crisis during the late 2000s, Miami commissioners are finally restoring the pay and benefits they unilaterally stripped from their employees in order to balance their books — and giving budget crunchers heartburn in the process. Taking...
by Ron DeLord | May 31, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
On May 10, the Arizona Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case that could provide a roadmap to eliminate a persistent form of government waste in nearly all 50 states. At issue is the practice of union release time, which allows government employees paid time off...
by Ron DeLord | May 31, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Politics, Unions
May 22–Eleven firefighters received pension payments exceeding $500,000 last year, and all of them did so by taking part in a little-known loophole in one of San Diego’s most controversial employee benefit programs. The Deferred Retirement Option Plan, or...
by Ron DeLord | May 31, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
WESTERLY — A member of the Westerly Town Council who has worked as a financial planner for 33 years says the town’s police pension plan is one recession away from calamity. “I believe the police pension will go into critical condition in the next economic downturn,”...
by Ron DeLord | May 31, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Unions
From the moment Chicago’s Fraternal Order of Police started negotiating its first contract with City Hall 35 years ago, the union identified an issue that would prove key to its members: ensuring officers had robust protections when they were investigated for...
