by rondelord | Jun 29, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
San Jose has reached multi-year agreements with all but one of its 11 employee unions, the city announced at the end of last week. The contracts, which come up for City Council approval Tuesday and have yet to be ratified by union members, would restore salaries cut...
by rondelord | Jun 23, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Health Insurance, Police, Politics, Unions
In 1988, as mayor of San Antonio, Henry Cisneros steered negotiations with the police union that yielded the richest benefits package in Texas. Now, as chairman of the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce, Cisneros is praising Mayor Ivy Taylor for staring down the police...
by rondelord | Jun 23, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Health Insurance, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
She won, they lost, and now Mayor Taylor is telling the San Antonio Police Officers Association that elections have consequences. In a strongly worded letter to SAPOA President Mike Helle, Taylor outlines what she called her ‘expectations’ for the...
by rondelord | Jun 23, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
WARWICK, R.I. — City leaders and unions have reached agreements on new three-year contracts with 9- to 10-percent net pay increases for Warwick police, firefighters and municipal employees. The new contracts, slated for review by the City Council on Monday, are...
by rondelord | Jun 23, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
Union representation elections — a rarity in the Silver State — almost certainly will increase in frequency thanks to a recent rule change that requires fewer votes for workers to change bargaining groups. However, challengers seeking to oust the union in power soon...
by rondelord | Jun 23, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Health Insurance, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
The New York City Council approved a new package of disability pension benefits on Wednesday for police officers and firefighters in what union representatives and some council members described as a surreptitious process. With little public notice other than an...
