by Ron DeLord | Nov 27, 2016 | Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
Some Louisville Metro Council members say it’s no surprise the police union is unhappy with department leadership. The head of the River City Fraternal Order of Police penned a letter to Mayor Greg Fischer last week criticizing, saying confidence in department...
by Ron DeLord | Nov 27, 2016 | Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Unions
DALLAS — Picture the next major American city to go bankrupt. What springs to mind? Probably not the swagger and sprawl of Dallas. But there was Dallas’s mayor, Michael S. Rawlings, testifying this month to a state oversight board that his city appeared to be “walking...
by Ron DeLord | Nov 27, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Unions
Scranton’s police and fire pension boards again voted to approve raises for retirees in 2017, despite an ongoing court battle that challenges whether the money must be paid. The recent action came as a judge prepares to hear arguments relating to a 2015 lawsuit the...
by Ron DeLord | Nov 27, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
HARRISBURG – Gov. Wolf on Monday vetoed a controversial bill that would have strictly limited public officials’ right to release immediately the names of police officers involved in shootings. “While I am deeply concerned for the safety of the...
by Ron DeLord | Nov 27, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Health Insurance, Labor, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
State officials want to remove health insurance benefits from new union contracts with state and local government workers, eliminating those items from Iowa’s collective bargaining law for public employees. Gov. Terry Branstad said Monday the proposal is...
by Ron DeLord | Nov 27, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Unions
DANVILLE – In 1989, the city owed the police and fire pension funds about $16 million because the city officials had reportedly underfunded both accounts since 1935. Today, the combined unfunded liability for the public safety pensions is more than $103 million — for...
