by Ron DeLord | Sep 20, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner followed through on his timeline to roll out a pension reform plan this fall with his Sept. 14 announcement of a $7.7 billion plan that will pay off the city’s debt in 30 years. To do that, significant benefit plan changes will...
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...
by Ron DeLord | Jul 23, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
Past and present Joplin firefighters and police officers testified Tuesday about changes in the city of Joplin’s Police and Firemen’s Pension Fund that resulted in a lawsuit. The one-day trial in Jasper County Circuit Court in Joplin involved a 2011...
by Ron DeLord | Jul 23, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
New Jersey’s fiscal and economic future depends on how we answer a simple question: Do we have the courage to reform a broken pension system that’s driving us towards insolvency? There are some hopeful signs that the answer is “yes,” but if the state legislature gets...
