by rondelord | Jun 8, 2014 | Fire, Labor, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
Spokespersons for California’s government employee unions perpetuate a myth of staggering absurdity and tragic consequences – that they are protecting working Californians from wealthy corporations and wealthy individuals. The reality is that government employee...
by rondelord | Jun 8, 2014 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
A controversial proposal to reform Ventura County employee pension plan has qualified for the November ballot. The proposal easily exceeded the 26,000 verified signatures it needed to make the ballot. Proponents gathered more than 40,000 signatures, with 32,000...
by rondelord | Jun 8, 2014 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
The Supreme Court is expected to rule any day now on the case of Harris v Quinn, a somewhat obscure tale of a mother’s reimbursement payment for providing her disabled son with home-based health care that’s exploded into a potential political earthquake...
by rondelord | Jun 8, 2014 | Fire, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
PUEBLO – Police and firefighter unions in Pueblo are pleading their case to get a half cent sales tax initiative put on the November ballot. The unions say they are severely short staffed and making do with old equipment, all while crime rates are sky rocketing....
by rondelord | Jun 8, 2014 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Politics, Unions
CORPUS CHRISTI – Here’s a follow-up on a story we reported yesterday. The city and the Corpus Christi Firefighters Association have been at odds lately. The fire union, was seeking more firemen, and a new fire station in the latest contract negotiations....
by rondelord | Jun 3, 2014 | Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin on Friday signed a bill that would create a new defined contribution plan for some future public workers. Under the law, some public employees hired on or after Nov. 1, 2015, will be shifted into the new defined contribution plan administered...
