by Ron DeLord | Nov 28, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Health Insurance, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
There were two issues at play during Tuesday’s hearing to address the constitutionality of the 10-year evergreen clause in the city’s contract with firefighters. One is whether it’s good public policy to lock two opposing sides into a labor deal for up to 10 years...
by Ron DeLord | Nov 10, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Politics, Unions
The Illinois Department of Insurance is advising the Springfield Firefighters Pension Board to halt allowing double-time holiday pay to be factored into firefighter pension calculations, a longtime practice that’s been called into question. For each holiday that...
by Ron DeLord | Nov 10, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Politics, Unions
The rank-and-file firefighters union will move ahead next week with a vote to ratify their contract with the city, union president Steve Cassidy told POLITICO New York. Cassidy, who leads the Uniformed Firefighters Association, had placed the contract on hold until...
by Ron DeLord | Nov 10, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The House sponsor of what supporters call “paycheck protection” and opponents call “paycheck deception” wants to file that bill again in 2016. A “right-to-work” bill was vetoed this year by Governor Nixon...
by Ron DeLord | Nov 10, 2015 | Fire, Labor, Pensions, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
ATLANTA — The Georgia Supreme Court ruled in favor of the City of Atlanta in a class action lawsuit filed by firefighters, police and other city employees over changes to the city’s pension system. Plaintiffs claimed a 2011 ordinance increasing their...
by Ron DeLord | Nov 10, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Health Insurance, Labor, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
Your employer has already brought it up in bargaining, or else is about to: the health care headache known as the “Cadillac tax.” How hard are unions getting hit—and what can we do about it? Labor Notes interviewed Mark Dudzic, coordinator of the Labor Campaign for...
