by Ron DeLord | Nov 20, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
AURORA | After lengthy negotiations that narrowly avoided arbitration, Aurora’s police and fire unions have new contracts in place. And the contracts — which cover 2017 and 2018 — are, in a word, complicated. “They’re both very abnormal,” said Dan Quillen, director of...
by Ron DeLord | Nov 20, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
Huntington Beach’s rank-and-file police union has sued the city, alleging that an ordinance the City Council approved last year is impeding the officers’ ability to negotiate a new contract. The Huntington Beach Police Officers Assn. lawsuit, filed Nov. 3...
by Ron DeLord | Nov 20, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Unions
Lexington has shorted its police and fire pension fund by more than $700,000 over the past three years, the board that oversees the pension learned Wednesday. Finance commissioner Bill O’Mara told the of the city’s contribution into the fund over the past two fiscal...
by Ron DeLord | Nov 8, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
Sixty-five patrols and six detectives of the Yale Police Benevolent Association, also known as the Yale police union, were not alone during their information picketing last Wednesday afternoon. Several members of other Yale University unions, such as Local 34 and 35 —...
by Ron DeLord | Nov 8, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
After a Thursday 6th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruling that could alter how cities like Knoxville handle city pension cost of living adjustment increases, a Knoxville councilman wrote an open letter to Mayor Madeline Rogero asking the city to take up the issue. The...
by Ron DeLord | Nov 8, 2016 | Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
A Pennsylvania police chief, who angered some of his department’s rank-and-file members by speaking out in uniform at the Democratic National Convention in support of criminal justice reforms, announced his resignation on Friday. Pittsburgh Police Chief Cameron...
