by Ron DeLord | Apr 10, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
Mayor Rahm Emanuel said Thursday he’s back at the bargaining table with organized labor in hopes of squeezing through the window the Illinois Supreme Court cracked open, even as it overturned his plan to save two of four city employee pension funds. “I don’t agree...
by Ron DeLord | Apr 10, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
The president of the Portland police union is encouraging his officers not to attend meetings of the Citizen Review Committee, the panel that hears appeals of Police Bureau findings on complaints of alleged officer misconduct. His email to union members came in the...
by Ron DeLord | Apr 10, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Health Insurance, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
SAN ANTONIO – A week and a half after releasing the results of its “no confidence” vote in SAPD Chief William McManus, the San Antonio Police Officers Association released a 12-page After Action Report Tuesday detailing the reasons for that vote....
by Ron DeLord | Apr 10, 2016 | Canadian unions, Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
As Canadian police forces complete pilot projects assessing whether officers will wear video cameras on their uniforms, experts in both civil rights and policing say they see value in the practice but urge proceeding with caution. “The ‘how’ is...
by Ron DeLord | Apr 10, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
HARTFORD — Mayor Luke Bronin pressed ahead with union talks Tuesday, a day after the city council rebuffed a proposal to support financial oversight legislation that Bronin has championed. Bronin arranged meetings with the city’s unions that are expected to...
by Ron DeLord | Apr 10, 2016 | Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
The new technology removes some of the ambiguity from encounters between law enforcement officers and citizens, Green said. But the video access leads to added work for attorneys in his office. In the fiscal 2017 budget proposed by James City County Administrator...
