by Ron DeLord | Sep 20, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner followed through on his timeline to roll out a pension reform plan this fall with his Sept. 14 announcement of a $7.7 billion plan that will pay off the city’s debt in 30 years. To do that, significant benefit plan changes will...
by Ron DeLord | Sep 20, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
PHOENIX — A sharply divided Arizona Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that public employees can be paid public money for work for their unions. The court’s 3-2 decision said Phoenix’s negotiated labor agreement with a police union for paid “release time” doesn’t violate the...
by Ron DeLord | Sep 20, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
County Executive Steve Bellone’s 2017 budget is due to the Suffolk County Legislature on Friday, and it’s unclear how he plans to balance it. Worse, it’s nearly impossible to see how he can match expenses with revenues in the long run, even if he comes up with more...
by Ron DeLord | Sep 20, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
The New York Times editorial board on Saturday issued the paper’s strongest call yet for reforming police union contracts that often prevent officers from being held accountable when they harm civilians. Positioning the issue as fundamental to the maintenance of...
by Ron DeLord | Sep 20, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Health Insurance, Labor, Police, Politics
The most important accomplishment for the City of San Antonio in its two-year battle to negotiate a new collective bargaining agreement with the San Antonio Police Officers Association (SAPOA) can’t be found in the contract. History will record the new agreement...
by Ron DeLord | Sep 20, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Unions
The saga in San Jose continues. The city will be voting next week on an effort to declare a state of emergency to shift 47 detectives back onto regular street patrol due to staff shortages. Now, the local media discovered that at least a dozen officers are living in...
