by rondelord | Oct 25, 2014 | Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Unions
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Memphis Firefighters Association and the Memphis Police Association expressed some concerns about Mayor A C Wharton’s recent employee pension proposal. Firefighters’ Association President Thomas Malone said his consultants are reviewing the...
by rondelord | Oct 25, 2014 | Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
Layoffs appear to be on the table for Fort Smith city employees as the city budget woes continue. According to an email Fort Smith City Administrator Ray Gosack sent to the city’s Board of Directors on Thursday (Oct. 16), “there doesn’t appear to be...
by rondelord | Oct 25, 2014 | Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Unions
Tucson could pay up to $16 million more for its police and fire pensions next fiscal year, according to a newly released state pension board report. The ballooning costs are mostly the result of a recent Arizona Supreme Court decision overturning a 2011 state law...
by rondelord | Oct 16, 2014 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Unions
The City of Omaha is on track to pay off its deficit in the fire and police pension in two decades — half the time originally estimated, Mayor Jean Stothert said Wednesday. Stothert held a press conference to highlight a report commissioned by the fire and police...
by rondelord | Oct 16, 2014 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Unions
RACINE — Firefighters and police officers would contribute to their state pensions and forego guaranteed wage increases under tentative union contracts backed 3-0 Tuesday by the Finance and Personnel Committee. Under the three-year agreements — negotiated last week...
by rondelord | Oct 16, 2014 | Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
When Kenneth Blair joined the Detroit police force decades ago at age 19, he thought he was signing up for a steady job—and pension and health-care benefits for life. The fate of his pension is still up in the air as Detroit’s bankruptcy makes its way through the...
