by Ron DeLord | Sep 20, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
After two years of negotiations with public safety unions, the Oxnard City Council this week approved new contracts that include pay increases but require employees to contribute toward their pensions. The contracts — already ratified by the Oxnard Peace Officers...
by Ron DeLord | Sep 20, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner followed through on his timeline to roll out a pension reform plan this fall with his Sept. 14 announcement of a $7.7 billion plan that will pay off the city’s debt in 30 years. To do that, significant benefit plan changes will...
by Ron DeLord | Sep 20, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Politics, Unions
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) – Thirteen months after Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza overhauled the city’s fire department in an attempt to achieve cost savings, the city and union leaders have reached a tentative five-year deal that would extend the union’s existing...
by Ron DeLord | Sep 20, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
PHOENIX — A sharply divided Arizona Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that public employees can be paid public money for work for their unions. The court’s 3-2 decision said Phoenix’s negotiated labor agreement with a police union for paid “release time” doesn’t violate the...
by Ron DeLord | Sep 20, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
The shift from pensions to 401(k) plans is making retirement inequality much worse—and education is what separates the haves from the have-nots, a new study has found. College graduates have always been able to get better jobs. What’s new in recent decades is...
by Ron DeLord | Sep 20, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Unions
Wildebeest-gate. Please let me say that to my knowledge the Dallas Police Association (DPA), the main police union, is not responsible for the placement of a photo of a dead wildebeest on the mayor’s desk to intimidate him in labor talks like the scene in The...
