by Ron DeLord | May 31, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
FRAMINGHAM — In a sign of the widening rift between the police department’s ranking officers and its top brass, members of the union representing superior officers signaled last month they have no confidence in Chief Ken Ferguson and his deputies to lead the...
by Ron DeLord | May 31, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
On Tuesday, an arbitrator ordered the city of Cleveland to pay overtime to 50 Cleveland police officers every week for the three weeks surrounding July’s Republican National Convention. The decision by arbitrator Alan Miles Ruben means 150 out of 850 patrol...
by Ron DeLord | May 31, 2016 | Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
“It’s as hard right now to be a cop maybe as it’s ever been,” San Francisco Police Chief Greg Suhr to The Chronicle Editorial Board Tuesday. At the time, Suhr was resisting calls demanding that he resign. Five local protesters had given up their hunger...
by Ron DeLord | May 31, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
The Anchorage Assembly voted to significantly boost pay for senior-level cops and firefighters Tuesday night, a move aimed at fixing a situation where a promotion from a union job in either department means a sharp pay cut. The vote was 8-3. Assembly members Elvi...
by Ron DeLord | May 31, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
Oxnard’s rocky negotiations with its fire and police unions have hit what might be a first: impasse. The city on May 6 declared impasse with the two public safety groups, said Human Resources Director Tabin Cosio. On May 18, it declared impasse with a third...
by Ron DeLord | May 31, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
Fully recovered from a financial crisis during the late 2000s, Miami commissioners are finally restoring the pay and benefits they unilaterally stripped from their employees in order to balance their books — and giving budget crunchers heartburn in the process. Taking...
