by rondelord | Jan 5, 2015 | Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
Cincinnati leaders on Tuesday struck an agreement with unions representing city workers to fully fund the Cincinnati Retirement System over the next 30 years, a pact Mayor John Cranley said was historic and will bring financial stability to a city that has grappled...
by rondelord | Dec 31, 2014 | Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
DETROIT, MI — City pensioners who are absorbing benefit cuts as a result of the city’s bankruptcy case and debt adjustment plan face a Wednesday deadline to apply for aid from the state. Detroit retirees and employees voted earlier this year to accept...
by rondelord | Dec 31, 2014 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Health Insurance, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
Veteran Bexar County Commissioner Tommy Adkisson blistered City Manager Sheryl Sculley as he announced his candidacy for Mayor on Sunday, declaring there is ‘something fundamentally wrong’ with the manager making a salary and benefits of $500,000 a year,...
by rondelord | Dec 31, 2014 | Fire, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
Paying for all those pensions inevitably means less money for parks and schools. It’s a conundrum Democrats can no longer ignore. In the wake of the midterm elections, the Democratic Party’s centrist and populist factions have been locked in a bitter family feud....
by rondelord | Dec 31, 2014 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
Paycheck protection, Mary’s Law, or any other name used to describe the desire of some to intercede between employees and employers in Pennsylvania is a truly misguided and malicious attack on teachers and their best representative organization —their union. For some...
by rondelord | Dec 31, 2014 | Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
Bruce Rauner, a Republican, liked to talk tough about unions and public-sector pensions when he was campaigning for governor in Illinois. “The system is full of fraud and self-dealing and abuses, such as folks who have a pay rise in the last years of their...
