by Ron DeLord | Jan 10, 2017 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Unions
(Bloomberg) — Californians in April will start paying more to register their cars — not to help maintain roads, but to keep the pension checks rolling for the motorcycle cops who policed them. The retirement fund for the California Highway Patrol is worse...
by Ron DeLord | Jan 10, 2017 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Unions
At least one state senator is not satisfied with the progress Omaha has made in resolving its pension problems, and he’s looking at major changes in benefits for future Omaha and Lincoln firefighters and police officers. Omaha has been grappling with its underfunded...
by Ron DeLord | Jan 10, 2017 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
DALLAS — Decades ago, Dallas voters approved a pay raise for emergency workers. But did the city stiff the rank and file? That’s the central question of a lawsuit that hinges on the legal interpretation of three key words written on a ballot almost four decades...
by Ron DeLord | Jan 10, 2017 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
The idea of a Civilian Police Review Board has been touted as a solution to police brutality for the past 50 years. With 200 CCRBs in existence across the country, the idea is gaining traction. But will police unions allow the communities they serve to investigate it...
by Ron DeLord | Jan 10, 2017 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
Oregon’s public-pension contribution rate has an 80 percent likelihood of exceeding 30 percent of payroll within the next few years, according to an analysis presented to the system’s governing board. The projection was offered by Milliman, the firm that...
by Ron DeLord | Jan 10, 2017 | Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
South Carolina state workers soon will have to pay more out of their paychecks to cover their retirements. S.C. taxpayers also will contribute more toward those workers’ pensions, starting July 1. State employees will pay 9.16 percent of their paychecks, up from 8.66...
