by rondelord | Feb 22, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Health Insurance, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
Madison — As Gov. Scott Walker builds a likely presidential campaign on his firm stand against unions, he isn’t highlighting one part of his record: his looser stance with the labor groups backing him. Scrutiny of Walker’s record will intensify in the...
by rondelord | Feb 22, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – A proposal that could begin eliminating Indiana’s traditional public pension plan has passed its first hurdle at the Statehouse. The proposed changes follow a series of I-Team 8 reports in early 2014 that exposed serious concerns about the...
by rondelord | Feb 22, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
Late on Friday, Feb. 20, Rep. Gary Elkins, R-Houston, filed a “paycheck deception” bill that would outlaw paycheck deduction of union dues by the state or local governments. The bill aims directly at the heart of the process that allows public-sector...
by rondelord | Feb 22, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
(Reuters) – Wisconsin Republicans plan to call an extraordinary session to fast-track a right-to-work bill in the state legislature next week, Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald said on Friday. Governor Scott Walker, a potential Republican candidate for...
by rondelord | Feb 22, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Health Insurance, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
Negotiators representing the City of San Antonio and the San Antonio Police Officers Association held collective bargaining talks Friday, the first such face-to-face meeting since Nov. 3. The City, which is seeking significant concession to reduce runaway health care...
by rondelord | Feb 12, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
The union representing police patrolmen — which was once led by Mayor D. Michael Collins — voted down a proposed three-year contract that was hammered out last week with the mayor days before he suffered a cardiac arrest. Toledo Chief of Staff Robert Reinbolt and...
