by Ron DeLord | Mar 27, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Unions
Officials representing several public employee and labor unions in New Orleans came out Wednesday in support of a property tax hike for public safety, as well as a bond measure to fund roads, firetrucks and public buildings. Both the bond issue and the millage, which...
by Ron DeLord | Mar 27, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) —All the work and none of the pay. Police officers, firefighters and other “essential” personnel in Atlantic City, New Jersey will be forced to work during the city’s upcoming government shutdown — without pay. Mayor Don...
by Ron DeLord | Mar 27, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Law enforcement officers in the United States are increasingly buying professional liability insurance policies amid worries they may be sued for their on-duty actions, the Fraternal Order of Police, the biggest U.S. police union, told...
by Ron DeLord | Mar 27, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
AUSTIN (KXAN) – Police body cameras have the ability to show us exactly what happened in an officer encounter. Police believe cameras will help in their investigations. The state legislature agrees. They offered up $10 million dollars last year to help local...
by Ron DeLord | Mar 27, 2016 | Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
Their offices have been just across Central Parkway for 25 years. Yet not until this year did the two white cops leading the Cincinnati Fraternal Order of Police and the two black officers at the helm of the Sentinels Police Association step out and meet in the...
by Ron DeLord | Mar 27, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. (WDRB) — Indiana State Police say troopers are leaving the agency for higher paying jobs in law enforcement. Sgt. Philip Hensley, who’s been with ISP for more than a decade, is calling it a crisis. “We are losing our current...
