by Ron DeLord | Sep 27, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOV.com) — A criminologist recently suggested St. Louis City should consider using firefighters to fight violent crime during their downtime. University of St. Louis-Missouri criminologist Rick Rosenfeld, who is also an informal advisor to St....
by Ron DeLord | Sep 27, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel proposed Tuesday a property tax increase totaling $543 million over the next four years to help prop up the $2.9 billion Chicago Policemen’s Annuity & Benefit Fund and the $1 billion Chicago Firemen’s Annuity & Benefit...
by Ron DeLord | Sep 27, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
Memphis City Council members gave final approval Tuesday, Sept. 15, to a freeze on the city’s deferred retirement program in an effort to bolster police ranks and keep the force from dropping below 2,000 officers. The freeze option is open to 280 city employees, 178...
by Ron DeLord | Sep 27, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Politics, Unions
An Atlanta firefighters union is taking their battle with Mayor Kasim Reed over pension and pay to a new level: YouTube. The Atlanta Professional Firefighters Association is behind a nearly three-minute video that says Reed’s refusal to grant new raises to public...
by Ron DeLord | Sep 14, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Health Insurance, Labor, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
Mayor Paul Soglin is proposing city employees pay deductibles for health care for the first time while also seeking a raise for employees whose pay has fallen behind that of workers who still can bargain collectively. Pay equity among city employees has emerged as a...
by Ron DeLord | Sep 14, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
The Wall Street Journal reports that public employee pension plans are getting more realistic about the returns they assume for their investments. But, as I show in a new report released by the American Enterprise Institute, they’re not being nearly realistic enough....
