by Ron DeLord | May 31, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
Four years after voters closed the city’s public employee pension system, every candidate for City Council District 9 says the city should give pensions to at least some new city employees. One of them even offered a path to reinstating them that he was later forced...
by Ron DeLord | May 31, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
Further reforms of Pennsylvania’s major public employee pension systems faltered last year, first on a veto by Gov. Tom Wolf and, later, a collapsing state budget package. But the issue that never fell off the list of top Republican legislative priorities came...
by Ron DeLord | May 17, 2016 | Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
PHOENIX (AP) – Voters are being asked to sign off on a major part of a police and firefighter pension system overhaul in next week’s special election that was enacted by the Arizona Legislature earlier this year. The changes contained in Proposition 124 on...
by Ron DeLord | May 17, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
Moody’s Investors Services on Tuesday downgraded a rating tied to a $165.2 million general obligation bond issuance planned for this month, citing Fort Worth’s unfunded pension liability as the cause. Moody’s, one of three rating agencies, lowered the city’s rating to...
by Ron DeLord | May 17, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Unions
WEIRTON, W.Va. — “After I got shot at, I got run over, I got dragged down the highway 150 feet on my back, I have suffered.” Members of law enforcement risk their lives protecting the citizens of Weirton. Now, they are calling for change. Current and...
by Ron DeLord | May 17, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
There are 13 city retirement systems that have become codified in state law by our Legislature. The state has positioned itself between local taxpayers and their representatives, hindering local control of a major public policy matter in these communities. It...
