by Ron DeLord | Apr 25, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Health Insurance, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
American workers are feeling more stressed about their finances, in large measure due to the increasing out-of-pocket cost of healthcare, new research shows. They are looking to employers for guidance—and to do something about it. Six in 10 workers experience stress...
by Ron DeLord | Apr 25, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Unions
JACKSONVILLE, Fla.—Residents on the Northside say the city is not doing enough when it comes to fixing homelessness and crime. Mayor Lenny Curry made his pitch Monday to a crowd of hundreds and said that fixing the $3 billion pension problem is what’s needed to...
by Ron DeLord | Apr 25, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Testimony in a lawsuit by a group of city retirees challenging the 2013 cuts the city made in police and fire retirement benefits entered its second week Monday, as a dozen former police and firefighters described how the benefit reductions affected...
by Ron DeLord | Apr 25, 2016 | Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Unions
Two former town officials are urging the Town Council to act decisively to strengthen retirement benefits for the town’s non-union public safety workers. They want to reverse a worrisome trend toward high employee turnover in the police and fire-rescue departments....
by Ron DeLord | Apr 25, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
NEW ORLEANS – Rejecting the wishes of the mayor, police and fire leaders and the departments’ unions, Orleans Parish voters on Saturday rejected a property tax increase to boost police and fire funding in New Orleans. With 95 percent of the precincts...
by Ron DeLord | Apr 10, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
Mayor Rahm Emanuel said Thursday he’s back at the bargaining table with organized labor in hopes of squeezing through the window the Illinois Supreme Court cracked open, even as it overturned his plan to save two of four city employee pension funds. “I don’t agree...
