by Ron DeLord | Jan 24, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Health Insurance, Labor, Police, Politics
“You get what you pay for” might be cliché, but such truisms are often deeply rooted in history and experience. That’s why City Manager Sheryl Sculley is worth every penny she is paid, and why so many other high performers in public life also are highly compensated...
by Ron DeLord | Jan 24, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Health Insurance, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
SHORTLY after his exit from an abbreviated presidential run last fall, Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin returned to a more successful undertaking: dismantling what remains of his state’s century-old progressive legacy. Last month, Mr. Walker signed a bill that allowed...
by Ron DeLord | Jan 15, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Health Insurance, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
The contract standoff between the City of San Antonio and the San Antonio Police Officers Association appears to be entering a new phase with release of a police union poll that takes aim at City Manager Sheryl Sculley’s compensation package and an expected contract...
by Ron DeLord | Jan 7, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Health Insurance, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
Just kidding. After the city trumpeted this morning that a deal to hold more negotiations had been struck, the San Antonio Express-News reports that’s no longer the case. Additional negotiations were contingent upon the city dropping its appeal, which it will...
by Ron DeLord | Dec 17, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Health Insurance, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
San Antonio is short 200 police officers, despite offering hiring bonuses and boosting entry-level pay past $40,000 to bolster its thin blue line. Reasons for the shortage are unclear, as San Antonio’s finest have the second-highest police compensation packages in...
by Ron DeLord | Dec 8, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Health Insurance, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
SAN ANTONIO — The city of San Antonio has lost the first round of its legal battles against the police and fire labor unions Monday when visiting Judge Martha Tanner rejected its arguments that a portion of its contracts with the unions are unconstitutional. In...
