by Ron DeLord | Jun 19, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Unions
Mayor Sylvester Turner and the leaders of the city’s three pension boards made clear to a visiting group of state lawmakers on Monday that they agree a fix to the city’s growing pension burden must be found, perhaps by the mayor’s deadline of...
by Ron DeLord | Jun 19, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
The city has reached agreements with its police and fire unions, according to government officials. Mayor Jose “Joey” Torres’ administration provided copies of the contracts to the city council’s finance committee and the council president. The full council will hold...
by Ron DeLord | Jun 19, 2016 | Canadian unions, Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
A committee of senators has scrapped the most controversial elements of the government’s bill to allow Mounties to form a union. Among the committee’s proposed amendments to bill C-7, the senate committee on national security and defence removed a long...
by Ron DeLord | Jun 19, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
On Monday, Oakland’s biggest city employee unions announced they’re united against a key part of a police reform ballot measure that would remove arbitration for cops disciplined for misconduct. The unions’ opposition to the reform proposal comes...
by Ron DeLord | Jun 19, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Unions
SPRINGFIELD — Calling the city’s pension liability a “fiscal time bomb,” City Council Finance Committee Chairman Timothy Allenhas scheduled two additional meetings this week to discuss current strategies and future options to resolve the issue. The...
by Ron DeLord | Jun 19, 2016 | Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
After hearing the verdict of not guilty late last month, Baltimore police officer Edward Nero, according to news reports, cleared tears from his eyes, undoubtedly relieved to have successfully dodged the machinations of a rogue, bullish prosecutor with political...
