by Ron DeLord | Nov 28, 2015 | Australian unions, Collective Bargaining, Health Insurance, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
SEVERAL thousand police officers, their families and supporters have taken to the streets in a protest march at the provisions affecting them under the State Government’s new workers compensation legislation. The rare protest — the last march took place in 1991 as...
by Ron DeLord | Nov 28, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Health Insurance, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
There were two issues at play during Tuesday’s hearing to address the constitutionality of the 10-year evergreen clause in the city’s contract with firefighters. One is whether it’s good public policy to lock two opposing sides into a labor deal for up to 10 years...
by Ron DeLord | Nov 10, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Health Insurance, Labor, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
Your employer has already brought it up in bargaining, or else is about to: the health care headache known as the “Cadillac tax.” How hard are unions getting hit—and what can we do about it? Labor Notes interviewed Mark Dudzic, coordinator of the Labor Campaign for...
by Ron DeLord | Oct 8, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Health Insurance, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
In what appears to be the final television ad in support of his re-election effort, Memphis Mayor A C Wharton begins by looking straight into the camera — and mincing no words. “When you make tough decisions,” Wharton said, “you can’t make...
by Ron DeLord | Oct 4, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Health Insurance, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
The decision by the San Antonio Police Officers Association to postpone further collective bargaining agreement negotiations with the city of San Antonio may come with a steep financial price — for both sides. The move means San Antonio will have to continue to abide...
by Ron DeLord | Sep 27, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Health Insurance, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
Negotiation progress between the San Antonio Police Officers Union and City of San Antonio has slightly unraveled after the two sides were near a deal Thursday night. The city and union placed settlement agreements on the table with wages and healthcare agreed upon...
