by Ron DeLord | Apr 10, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
HARTFORD — Mayor Luke Bronin pressed ahead with union talks Tuesday, a day after the city council rebuffed a proposal to support financial oversight legislation that Bronin has championed. Bronin arranged meetings with the city’s unions that are expected to...
by Ron DeLord | Apr 10, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
A non-profit funded by Texas billionaire John Arnold will pour a quarter-million dollars into an independent expenditure committee to support the campaign to help repair Arizona’s financially fragile pension system for public-safety workers, The Arizona...
by Ron DeLord | Apr 10, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
As Riverside city officials have appeared at community meetings to explain the new two-year budget, they’ve also delivered some bad news: addressing a projected $10 million to $12 million gap next year will mean cuts to city services. Those numbers could change, and...
by Ron DeLord | Apr 10, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
After several years of efforts, Flagler County’s public-sector unions representing workers in a half dozen agencies—including police, firefighters, school employees and municipal workers—have joined forces in a new organization called the United Public Employees of...
by Ron DeLord | Apr 10, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Unions
There was bad news coming out of Illinois last week. But what happens in Illinois doesn’t necessarily stay in Illinois — particularly when what happens is related to much needed pension reform. As reported by the Chicago Tribune’s Hal Dardick on Thursday, the Illinois...
by Ron DeLord | Apr 10, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
HARTFORD — Hundreds of state public safety union members–police officers, firefighters, correctional officers and others–rallied at the state Capitol Tuesday to protest the state government’s plan for layoffs and cuts to public services....
