by Ron DeLord | Jul 23, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
The chairman of D.C.’s police union says his officers will work to unseat 10 council members, who signed a resolution calling for police reform. The resolution written by Council member David Grosso (I-At Large) lists the names of 10 people he and other council...
by Ron DeLord | Jul 23, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
Last month, contract negotiations between City Hall and the Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association, the union that represents the city’s rank-and-file police officers, again reached a standstill. On June 28, the PBA filed a Declaration of Impasse with the New York State...
by Ron DeLord | Jul 23, 2016 | Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A sheriff’s deputy in Tennessee has been suspended without pay over a Facebook post regarding a Black Lives Matter protest that led to the shutdown of Interstate 40. Shelby County sheriff’s spokesman Earle Farrell told The Commercial...
by Ron DeLord | Jul 23, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
A longtime St. Louis civil rights group and big labor are working to build closer ties in an effort the two groups say is part of a new focus that will continue beyond election season. AFL-CIO Executive Vice President Tefere Gebre was in St. Louis Thursday to meet...
by Ron DeLord | Jul 23, 2016 | Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
Ron Smith, president of the Seattle Police Officers’ Guild, is resigning amid heavy criticism over a Facebook post about the death of five police officers in Dallas last week. The resignation is effective July 31, and union Vice President Kevin Stuckey will fulfill...
by Ron DeLord | Jul 23, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
The city announced Tuesday evening that they had come to an agreement with a police union, bringing Boston one step closer to implementing a body camera pilot program. This comes after renewed calls by local activists in recent days following the high-profile police...
