by Ron DeLord | Nov 20, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
Binding arbitration for Hagerstown’s fire and police unions received a decisive 73 percent of the vote in Tuesday’s election — a victory a fire union official attributed to a central point. If there is anything that city residents readily support when they...
by Ron DeLord | Nov 20, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
AURORA | After lengthy negotiations that narrowly avoided arbitration, Aurora’s police and fire unions have new contracts in place. And the contracts — which cover 2017 and 2018 — are, in a word, complicated. “They’re both very abnormal,” said Dan Quillen, director of...
by Ron DeLord | Nov 20, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Politics, Unions
Jacksonville police, firefighters and corrections officers hired in the future would not be offered pensions under a plan unveiled Friday by Mayor Lenny Curry. Curry’s pitch for ending pensions of public safety workers means he wants the city to get out of...
by Ron DeLord | Nov 20, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Unions
Lexington has shorted its police and fire pension fund by more than $700,000 over the past three years, the board that oversees the pension learned Wednesday. Finance commissioner Bill O’Mara told the of the city’s contribution into the fund over the past two fiscal...
by Ron DeLord | Nov 20, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Politics, Unions
Texas-side firefighters may continue to pursue collective bargaining with the city, voters decided Tuesday. With 8,184 votes in favor and 2,491 against, residents elected to allow Texarkana, Texas, Fire Department firefighters to choose an organization to represent...
by Ron DeLord | Nov 20, 2016 | Canadian unions, Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
The City of Medicine Hat and its firefighters have agreed to a wage freeze in 2017. It is an almost unprecedented feat in public sector bargaining, but one budgeters said was needed to grapple with a looming shortfall. Council members, who unanimously ratified the...
