by rondelord | Dec 17, 2014 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
In a recent meeting, an expert very supportive of public-sector employees raised the question of PERISA. These initials are shorthand for federal regulation of state and local pension plans—essentially extending some or all of the Employee Retirement Income Security...
by rondelord | Dec 17, 2014 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Health Insurance, Labor, Police, Unions
SAN ANTONIO – Negotiators with the city and its public safety unions are no longer at the collective bargaining table, but they have a date in court coming up. The city is seeking a judicial ruling on whether the 10-year “evergreen clause” included...
by rondelord | Dec 9, 2014 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
SAN ANTONIO – Mayor Ivy Taylor called for a truce Monday between city leaders and the San Antonio police and fire unions. Both sides have become entangled in a bitter feud over health benefits for police officers and firefighters. But Mayor Taylor held a press...
by rondelord | Dec 1, 2014 | Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Unions
Cities and states across the country are facing a difficult financial future because of growing pension obligations. Politicians are often, rightly, derided for creating the pension problems that are eating away at state budgets and then kicking the can down the road...
by rondelord | Dec 1, 2014 | Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
In the past five years, Oklahoma City taxpayers have cut checks totaling $20.6 million to retiring city employees for accrued vacation and sick leave, Watchdog.org found through an analysis of city databases. Nearly 500 employees — almost half — left the city with...
by rondelord | Dec 1, 2014 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn)
How much sick leave time do you get at your job? A week every year? A few days? How about an entire year and a half? Baton Rouge city-parish employees currently get to keep all of the sick leave time they accrue through their entire career. It doesn’t expire at...
