by rondelord | Jun 8, 2014 | Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
When it comes to the thorny topic of funding public workers’ pensions, the city of Los Angeles and the state of Illinois provide a common theme: Hurt workers like Christine Bondi. Bondi, of Ontarioville, Ill., has worked for the Illinois Secretary of State for...
by rondelord | Jun 8, 2014 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
A controversial proposal to reform Ventura County employee pension plan has qualified for the November ballot. The proposal easily exceeded the 26,000 verified signatures it needed to make the ballot. Proponents gathered more than 40,000 signatures, with 32,000...
by rondelord | Jun 3, 2014 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Unions
CONNECTICUT – A ruling by a three-person arbitration panel issued last week in a dispute over police pensions has stirred tensions between local patrolman’s union and the Town Council. Vice Chairman David Schrumm on Thursday called the arbitration panel’s...
by rondelord | Jun 3, 2014 | Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Unions
Baltimore County will pay at least $1.6 million in a dispute with the police union over health insurance overpayments, county officials said Wednesday, ending a lengthy legal standoff during which a judge at one point threatened County Executive Kevin Kamenetz with...
by rondelord | Jun 3, 2014 | Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin on Friday signed a bill that would create a new defined contribution plan for some future public workers. Under the law, some public employees hired on or after Nov. 1, 2015, will be shifted into the new defined contribution plan administered...
by rondelord | Jun 3, 2014 | Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam signed legislation on Wednesday that will require some local governments in the state to increase contributions to their pension funds. It is effective immediately for contributions beginning July 1. The Public Employee Defined Benefit...
