by Ron DeLord | Jan 24, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
Sometime during the next few months, the US Supreme Court will issue a decision that could profoundly weaken public employee unions across the country. By all accounts, the justices — in the oral argument in Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association —...
by Ron DeLord | Jan 24, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
As union members gathered in the nation’s capital over the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day weekend, some of the country’s top labor leaders faced tough questions about how the movement can reconcile its support for racial justice with its embrace of police unions. Over...
by Ron DeLord | Jan 24, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
The face of the case that could cripple public sector unions, argued earlier this week at the Supreme Court, is a blonde, curly-haired elementary school teacher from Orange County. Rebecca Friedrichs told (and retold) a story of battling teachers unions for the best...
by Ron DeLord | Jan 24, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Health Insurance, Labor, Police, Politics
“You get what you pay for” might be cliché, but such truisms are often deeply rooted in history and experience. That’s why City Manager Sheryl Sculley is worth every penny she is paid, and why so many other high performers in public life also are highly compensated...
by Ron DeLord | Jan 24, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
SACRAMENTO, Calif. —Proponents of voter initiatives to curb public pensions in California said Monday they will no longer try to get a measure on the ballot this year. Former San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed and former San Diego Councilman Carl DeMaio said they will instead...
by Ron DeLord | Jan 24, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Health Insurance, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
SHORTLY after his exit from an abbreviated presidential run last fall, Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin returned to a more successful undertaking: dismantling what remains of his state’s century-old progressive legacy. Last month, Mr. Walker signed a bill that allowed...
