by Ron DeLord | Oct 8, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
Merced County supervisors heard residents and sheriff’s deputies plead Tuesday for new money to raise salaries they say are needed to retain senior officers, urging board members to live up to campaign promises to support law enforcement and fight crime. The...
by Ron DeLord | Oct 8, 2015 | Fire, Labor, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
There’s an important question on the Tuesday’s Albuquerque Municipal Election ballot: should the city council have a say in who the mayor appoints as police and fire chief? Isaac Benton was one of the councilors who proposed putting the question on the ballot....
by Ron DeLord | Oct 8, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Health Insurance, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
In what appears to be the final television ad in support of his re-election effort, Memphis Mayor A C Wharton begins by looking straight into the camera — and mincing no words. “When you make tough decisions,” Wharton said, “you can’t make...
by Ron DeLord | Oct 4, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Health Insurance, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
The decision by the San Antonio Police Officers Association to postpone further collective bargaining agreement negotiations with the city of San Antonio may come with a steep financial price — for both sides. The move means San Antonio will have to continue to abide...
by Ron DeLord | Oct 4, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Unions
Unlike every other City of Milwaukee employee, the vast majority of Milwaukee police officers and firefighters make no contributions to their pensions, Mayor Tom Barrett says. Strictly speaking, he’s right. But it’s not quite that simple. Barrett’s claim Presenting...
by Ron DeLord | Oct 4, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
SACRAMENTO — Nearly two years ago, this column reported on an official financial forecast from the northern California city of Stockton’s bankruptcy proceedings showing that within a few years after exiting bankruptcy the city was likely to re-enter it. It was an...
