by Ron DeLord | Jun 6, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
PHILADELPHIA — A few police agencies in the United States have begun rewarding officers for showing restraint in the line of duty, putting the tactic on par with bravery. More than 40 Philadelphia officers have received awards since December for defusing conflicts...
by Ron DeLord | Jun 6, 2016 | Canadian unions, Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
With the cost of paying Montreal police to direct traffic around construction sites nearly doubling in 2015 to $8 million, Projet Montréal called on the city administration Tuesday to use less costly civilian employees instead. “There are a record number of...
by Ron DeLord | Jun 6, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
Taydren Young’s son was seven months old when his father was shot in North Dallas earlier this year. Maria Arteaga-Manuel left behind 22 grandchildren after being killed in her Dallas apartment this month. These are just two of the 60 people who have been murdered so...
by Ron DeLord | Jun 6, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Unions
Chicago taxpayers will save $1 billion on police and fire pension costs in the short term under a law the General Assembly approved Monday after some House Republicans bucked their governor, who had railed against it as a ridiculous expansion of the Illinois’...
by Ron DeLord | May 31, 2016 | Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
A seemingly growing rift between union members and other factions of the Democratic Party could present an opening this year for Donald Trump – the NAFTA-hating, border wall-building Republican populist – to peel off labor voters traditionally loyal to the...
by Ron DeLord | May 31, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
The unemployed are being drafted in as full-time special constables in a move blasted as “policing on the cheap” by unions. Renfrewshire Council is offering 11-month, full-time “traineeships” which will see new recruits work alongside regular officers patrolling the...
