by rondelord | Aug 22, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Pensions, Police, Politics, Unions
A proponent of the latest California public-pension ballot proposal has launched an email effort he says will drum up an army of volunteers to collect signatures. A spokesman for the measure’s union opposition countered that the email is “a fundraising scam.” The mass...
by rondelord | Aug 22, 2015 | Fire, Labor, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
Nearly six in 10 Americans have a favorable view of labor unions, according to the results of a new Gallup survey released Monday. Approval of unions jumped to 58 percent this year, an increase of five percentage points from 2014, though still well below the 75...
by rondelord | Aug 22, 2015 | Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
The city of Chicago is the local government most burdened by unfunded retirement plans in the nation, with a pension debt that’s more than eight times annual revenues, according to a new study by Moody’s Investors Service. The city’s unfunded pension...
by rondelord | Aug 22, 2015 | Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Unions
DALLAS – The Dallas Police and Fire Pension System helps support our first responders in their retirement. It has come under intense scrutiny over millions of dollars in questionable investments, and now sources tell News 8 the FBI has made contact with certain...
by rondelord | Aug 22, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Politics, Unions
Mayor Mitch Landrieu and the New Orleans City Council have until Aug. 21 to begin paying firefighters a judgment worth a potential $142 million, or they will be held in contempt, a Civil District Court judge told officials Thursday (Aug. 6). The council is scheduled...
by rondelord | Aug 22, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
PHOENIX (AP) – The state court of appeals on Tuesday upheld a judge’s ruling permanently blocking Phoenix from paying police officers for doing union work, a decision that could bar county and city governments from writing similar provisions into their...
