by rondelord | Jan 26, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
Public employee unions look out for their members’ financial interests, not those of the public. So why are taxpayers stuck paying the salaries of union leaders who are hostile to them? After all, unionized government workers pay dues to their unions. For some...
by rondelord | Jan 26, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
Chicago faces a $300 million deficit in 2016 with shortfalls continuing “for the forseeable future” — even before piling on $20 billion in pension liabilities that have saddled the city with the “worst credit rating of any major city other than Detroit.” And if state...
by rondelord | Jan 20, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Health Insurance, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
San Antonio Chamber of Commerce Chairman Henry Cisneros walks through the lobby after talking to the media about the police union contract negotiations at the Chamber of Commerce in San Antonio, Tx. on Monday, January 5, 2015. Former Mayor Henry Cisneros, the newly...
by rondelord | Jan 20, 2015 | Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
TRENTON — Some 800,000 people, working and retired, are beneficiaries of New Jersey’s pension system, a collection of funds going deeper into the red. It’s a system that Gov. Chris Christie, in his State of the State address last week, called “an insatiable beast.” In...
by rondelord | Jan 20, 2015 | Fire, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
In a move reflecting more realistic expectations, Marin pension trustees cut a key investment return assumption a quarter percent Wednesday, meaning member agencies and employees will pay more to finance the program. Pension chief Jeff Wickman said Marin joins Orange...
by rondelord | Jan 20, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
One of the biggest costs at just about every level of local government across the state of Nevada is personnel. Over the years our lawmakers have made it difficult to control those costs by making public employee union collective bargaining practically a mandate....
