by Ron DeLord | Oct 14, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Politics, Unions
AUSTIN, Texas — Local firefighters are pushing back against a lawsuit alleging they are spending a significant amount of time engaging in union activities when they should be answering calls. The suit, filed by the Texas Public Policy Foundation and Goldwater...
by Ron DeLord | Oct 14, 2016 | Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Unions
ARLINGTON — State legislators said Thursday that they have Dallas officials’ backs as they try to save the city’s police and fire pension system. Not that the state is offering any money. The Legislature wants no responsibility for the fund’s $3.3...
by Ron DeLord | Oct 14, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
HARLINGEN — The city’s police and firefighter unions will enter the new fiscal year without renewed contracts. The contracts expired yesterday, but they include an “evergreen” clause that will allow police officers and firefighters to continue to work for as long as a...
by Ron DeLord | Oct 14, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
With CalPERS sitting on $170 billion of pension debt created by 17 years of underfunding, we CalPERS pensioners deserve some answers. Will this finally be the year that the California Public Employees’ Retirement System board proves that getting full funding is more...
by Ron DeLord | Oct 14, 2016 | Fire, Labor, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
Taxpayers expect their government to spend tax dollars wisely, on activities that benefit the public. But across the country, governments at all levels give away tax dollars to the exclusive benefit of public unions without getting anything in return. This subsidy,...
by Ron DeLord | Oct 14, 2016 | Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn)
CHICAGO – Changes in assumed investment return rates at four of Illinois’ five state employee pension funds, as well as other revised assumptions in areas like life expectancy, are raising pressure on the state to tackle pension reforms. The Teachers’...
