by Ron DeLord | Nov 27, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
The Calexico City Council voted to give direction to the city manager to look for alternatives and solicitation of proposals for provision of contract public safety and law enforcement services. The Council met last week to discuss a big item relating to the future of...
by Ron DeLord | Nov 27, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Politics, Unions
WARREN, Ohio – Warren city leaders say they are trying to save the taxpayers money but firefighters say the city is trying to punish their department for not settling on a new contract.Warren city firefighter’s contract expired in September. They say they...
by Ron DeLord | Nov 27, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Health Insurance, Labor, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
LANSING, MI — Retired Washtenaw County Deputy Sheriff Harry Valentine broke bones and got stitches in the line of duty. Now it’s not crime he’s fighting, but a potential move from the Michigan legislature to change retiree health care for municipal...
by Ron DeLord | Nov 27, 2016 | Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Unions
DALLAS — Picture the next major American city to go bankrupt. What springs to mind? Probably not the swagger and sprawl of Dallas. But there was Dallas’s mayor, Michael S. Rawlings, testifying this month to a state oversight board that his city appeared to be “walking...
by Ron DeLord | Nov 27, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Unions
Scranton’s police and fire pension boards again voted to approve raises for retirees in 2017, despite an ongoing court battle that challenges whether the money must be paid. The recent action came as a judge prepares to hear arguments relating to a 2015 lawsuit the...
by Ron DeLord | Nov 27, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Health Insurance, Labor, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
State officials want to remove health insurance benefits from new union contracts with state and local government workers, eliminating those items from Iowa’s collective bargaining law for public employees. Gov. Terry Branstad said Monday the proposal is...
