by Ron DeLord | Sep 20, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
County Executive Steve Bellone’s 2017 budget is due to the Suffolk County Legislature on Friday, and it’s unclear how he plans to balance it. Worse, it’s nearly impossible to see how he can match expenses with revenues in the long run, even if he comes up with more...
by Ron DeLord | Sep 20, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
The New York Times editorial board on Saturday issued the paper’s strongest call yet for reforming police union contracts that often prevent officers from being held accountable when they harm civilians. Positioning the issue as fundamental to the maintenance of...
by Ron DeLord | Sep 20, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Health Insurance, Labor, Police, Politics
The most important accomplishment for the City of San Antonio in its two-year battle to negotiate a new collective bargaining agreement with the San Antonio Police Officers Association (SAPOA) can’t be found in the contract. History will record the new agreement...
by Ron DeLord | Sep 20, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Unions
The saga in San Jose continues. The city will be voting next week on an effort to declare a state of emergency to shift 47 detectives back onto regular street patrol due to staff shortages. Now, the local media discovered that at least a dozen officers are living in...
by Ron DeLord | Sep 20, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
The shift from pensions to 401(k) plans is making retirement inequality much worse—and education is what separates the haves from the have-nots, a new study has found. College graduates have always been able to get better jobs. What’s new in recent decades is...
by Ron DeLord | Sep 20, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Unions
Wildebeest-gate. Please let me say that to my knowledge the Dallas Police Association (DPA), the main police union, is not responsible for the placement of a photo of a dead wildebeest on the mayor’s desk to intimidate him in labor talks like the scene in The...
