by rondelord | Jun 27, 2014 | Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Unions
TENNESSEE – A new Chattanooga Police Department pay plan is close to being finished. The plan is intended to address longstanding disparities between employees’ salaries. The problems have weakened morale, hurt retention and led to three lawsuits. Chattanooga’s...
by rondelord | Jun 18, 2014 | Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Unions
HARRISBURG, PA — The scope of a House bill to curb municipal pension benefits for future police and firefighters is being narrowed to cover only those pension systems in serious financial trouble, such as those in Scranton, Dunmore and Hazleton. The measure sponsored...
by rondelord | Jun 18, 2014 | Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Unions
HOLLYWOOD, FL – Retired cops, firefighters and City Hall employees sometimes get an extra payday known as the 13th check. It comes each year the pension funds have robust earnings and has ranged from $200 to more than $26,000. But it comes at a cost to...
by rondelord | Jun 18, 2014 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Politics, Unions
Just one week after the mayor reached a tentative agreement with the Houston Fire Department’s union on a new contract, the union voted it down by an overwhelming margin. The Houston Professional Firefighters Association tells Local 2 that more than 93 percent...
by rondelord | Jun 18, 2014 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Memorial, Pensions, Police, Politics, Unions
Despite unilaterally cutting pension benefits for its employees, the city of Fort Worth’s efforts to curb its billion-dollar deficit aren’t paying off yet. Fort Worth pension’s unfunded liability — or the amount the city can’t afford to pay off — increased from $1.07...
by rondelord | Jun 8, 2014 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Unions
TRENTON – Three New Jersey police unions are challenging Gov. Christie in court over his decision last month to cut New Jersey’s payment to its pension system, an action he said was needed to plug a $1 billion revenue shortfall for the fiscal year that...
