by rondelord | May 4, 2014 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
FORT WAYNE, Ind. – Two Fort Wayne City Councilmen could be spearheading an initiative that could lessen t the collective bargaining power of the City of Fort Wayne’s municipal unions. Councilmen John Crawford, R-At Large, and Russ Jehl, R-District 2, are...
by rondelord | May 1, 2014 | Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
Pennsylvania’s debt outlook remains negative because the state still underfunds its pension systems and is unlikely to fully fund them in the coming years. Fitch’s, a credit ratings agency, gave a sobering view of Pennsylvania’s pension mess in a report Thursday that...
by rondelord | May 1, 2014 | Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
Phoenix voters will decide the fate of the city’s ailing employee-pension system this fall after a group of political activists succeeded Friday in getting a reform initiative certified to the ballot. Citizens for Pension Reform Committee, a group of...
by rondelord | May 1, 2014 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Unions
ILLINOIS – Police and fire pension reform sounds better and better to downstate municipalities, including Springfield, but the capitol city’s unions are a little more wary. After the legislature passed a pension reform bill for two Chicago unions earlier...
by rondelord | May 1, 2014 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
The fight over pay and benefits for Phoenix’s workforce of nearly 14,000 civil servants is expected to hit a boiling point this week, with dozens of union members planning to fill a City Council meeting on Wednesday to protest proposed cuts. Union leaders say...
by rondelord | May 1, 2014 | Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
THE ECONOMICS of public-sector pension reform are straightforward enough. Funds that states and municipalities must devote to employees’ retirement benefits are funds that they cannot spend on parks, libraries, transportation, public safety and other services. This...
