by rondelord | May 1, 2014 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
Detroit’s 100,000 public employees will get a much better pension deal after negotiators for Detroit’s two pension funds and the Retired Detroit Police and Fire Fighters Association bargained hard for days and nights over the city’s proposed...
by rondelord | Apr 26, 2014 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Health Insurance, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
The associations representing San Antonio Police and Firefighters are ‘calling B.S.’ on a statement released form the Board of Directors of the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce demanding the public safety officers quickly agree to cuts in their health care...
by rondelord | Apr 26, 2014 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Unions
Stockton, California’s plan to fully pay employee pensions after leaving bankruptcy may lead to more unfilled potholes and unpaved streets, according to a Sonoma County citizens’ group that lobbies for increased spending on roads. Save Our Sonoma Roads filed a brief...
by rondelord | Apr 26, 2014 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
DELAWARE – A typically uneventful Wilmington budget hearing saw some liveliness Thursday as several police officers sporting T-shirts saying “TREAT US FAIRLY” joined firefighters as City Council heard their departments’ spending plans for the...
by rondelord | Apr 26, 2014 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Unions
FLORIDA – Jacksonville’s police union and city negotiators moved quickly Friday morning to send negotiations about pension reform to the Police and Fire Pension Fund, which could open talks with city administrators in early May. The city’s position is that...
by rondelord | Apr 26, 2014 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Health Insurance, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
SAN ANTONIO – The San Antonio Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors voted Thursday to support cost cutting changes in the fire and police health insurance benefits that are a part of their labor union’s collective bargaining agreement, city officials...
