by rondelord | Jul 13, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
When Jim Palermo was serving as a trustee of the village of La Grange, Ill., he noticed something peculiar about the local police officers and firefighters. They were not going to live as long as might be expected, at least according to pension tables. After Mr....
by rondelord | Jul 13, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
State Right-to-Work laws generally allow any employee to opt out of paying union dues completely. As we have previously covered, such laws, which traditionally have been popular in the South, more recently have been adopted by the state legislatures in “rust belt”...
by rondelord | Jul 13, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Health Insurance, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
SAN ANTONIO – For the first time since the council elections were finalized, the city and the police union will meet to resume talks aimed at agreeing on a new collective bargaining agreement. Less than 24 hours before the meeting, Dist. 9 Councilman Joe Krier...
by rondelord | Jul 13, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Health Insurance, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
LOCKPORT – The Lockport Common Council voted unanimously Wednesday to pay $170,000 to its police and firefighters’ unions to settle a lawsuit filed by 71 retired members of the two unions over reductions in their health insurance. The settlement was worked out April...
by rondelord | Jul 13, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Unions
Gov. Bruce Rauner’s latest offer to solve the state and local pension crisis appears to give Mayor Rahm Emanuel a healthy chunk of what he wants — but not all of it. It includes an offer to lift the financial hammer hanging over Chicago taxpayers: a state-mandated,...
by rondelord | Jul 13, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
Lawmakers in the State Senate spent much of Tuesday debating the state’s $70 billion 2015-17 budget that divvies up how much money state agencies receive and how they can use it. Tuesday’s discussions come after five months of talk and revisions by the Legislature’s...
