by rondelord | Jun 29, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
A panel formed by Gov. Tom Wolf to examine the state’s debt-burdened municipal pension plans will be delivering its report to the governor on Tuesday. Auditor General Eugene DePasquale, who chairs that task force, said the report’s recommendations will...
by rondelord | Jun 29, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
San Jose has reached multi-year agreements with all but one of its 11 employee unions, the city announced at the end of last week. The contracts, which come up for City Council approval Tuesday and have yet to be ratified by union members, would restore salaries cut...
by rondelord | Jun 23, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Unions
The state Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed thousands of San Francisco city employees and retirees to regain increases in future pensions that voters had sought to eliminate. A lower-court ruling had restored the increases for employees who retired after November...
by rondelord | Jun 23, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics
Because of the rising costs of the city’s police and fire pension plan, City Council Chairman Trent Fellers says he would like to see a committee appointed to look at all aspects of the plan. “I think we gotta solve this,” said Fellers after the...
by rondelord | Jun 23, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey’s top court sided with Gov. Chris Christie on Tuesday in a legal fight with public worker unions over pension funds, sparing a new state budget crisis this month but leaving unanswered questions about how the state will pay...
by rondelord | Jun 8, 2015 | Fire, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
FORT SMITH — Fort Smith police and firefighters who have worked for the city for years in hopes of enjoying their retirement looked on Tuesday night as city directors voted to cut their pensions in an attempt to avoid insolvency in their pension program....
