by Ron DeLord | Oct 14, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
Ongoing litigation over San Diego’s 2012 pension cutbacks could be costly for the city, but no one knows how costly and opinions vary widely. Estimates in recent months of a potential city payout have ranged from $100 million down to less than $20 million, but even...
by Ron DeLord | Oct 14, 2016 | Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
It’s been more than two years since Ferguson, Missouri erupted in violence after the police shooting death of Michael Brown. Since then, the city has agreed to overhaul its police department to restore public accountability. But there are few checks in place to keep...
by Ron DeLord | Oct 14, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Unions
For the first time in at least a decade, the City of Omaha and its police and firefighters are putting enough into their pension plan, according to an actuarial analysis. That’s the good news from the 2015 actuarial report on Omaha’s police and fire pension fund. The...
by Ron DeLord | Oct 14, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
Wisconsin’s fully funded, one-of-a-kind pension system surprises people, but not those who know the legendary thrift of Gary Gates. While serving for two decades as the head of the state’s multibillion-dollar pension fund, Gates didn’t throw out...
by Ron DeLord | Oct 14, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
Things would change, city officials vowed three years ago, after a white police officer shot and killed a black man seeking help after he was injured in a car accident. There would be new training and community outreach designed to prevent encounters from escalating...
by Ron DeLord | Oct 14, 2016 | Canadian unions, Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
Saint John and the union representing city police officers are haggling over whether wages for the force have gone up 40 per cent or 50 per cent in the last decade. The union has even accused the city of misleading the public on the issue of officers’ wages....
