by Ron DeLord | May 31, 2016 | Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
So if you don’t live in Irwindale, rejoice: There, even when you look at it through rose-colored glasses, public pension liabilities equal $32,447 for each and every household in the city. Slap on a skeptic’s glasses, and that load skyrockets to $134,907 per...
by Ron DeLord | May 31, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
WESTERLY — A member of the Westerly Town Council who has worked as a financial planner for 33 years says the town’s police pension plan is one recession away from calamity. “I believe the police pension will go into critical condition in the next economic downturn,”...
by Ron DeLord | May 31, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
John F. Street, Lynne Abraham, and Sylvester Johnson are long gone from city government, but certainly not forgotten. In fact, taxpayers continue to send each more than $100,0000 a year for their former service as mayor, district attorney, and police commissioner,...
by Ron DeLord | May 31, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
Officials connected to Gary’s public safety agencies will meet next week to try to figure out how to increase the number of Gary residents in police and firefighter positions. Councilwoman LaVetta Sparks-Wade, D-6th, said she will be part of a working group that...
by Ron DeLord | May 31, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Politics, Unions
Neutral arbitrator on Tuesday sided with Anne Arundel County firefighters, awarding them the contract they requested over the objections of county negotiators. The two-year agreement puts firefighters and emergency medical technicians back on a schedule of regular pay...
by Ron DeLord | May 31, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
BOSTON — The sponsor of a bill that would limit buyback of unused sick-leave and vacation time for public employees acknowledged Tuesday that her bill is unlikely to become law this session but urged fellow lawmakers to nonetheless take steps against...
