by Ron DeLord | May 31, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
John F. Street, Lynne Abraham, and Sylvester Johnson are long gone from city government, but certainly not forgotten. In fact, taxpayers continue to send each more than $100,0000 a year for their former service as mayor, district attorney, and police commissioner,...
by Ron DeLord | May 31, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
Officials connected to Gary’s public safety agencies will meet next week to try to figure out how to increase the number of Gary residents in police and firefighter positions. Councilwoman LaVetta Sparks-Wade, D-6th, said she will be part of a working group that...
by Ron DeLord | May 31, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
BOSTON — The sponsor of a bill that would limit buyback of unused sick-leave and vacation time for public employees acknowledged Tuesday that her bill is unlikely to become law this session but urged fellow lawmakers to nonetheless take steps against...
by Ron DeLord | May 31, 2016 | Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
When will California law enforcement muster the courage to join the age of transparency? Even as body cameras edge toward inevitability in public safety, police unions keep trying to prevent the public from seeing the footage. It’s a shortsighted attitude, and it...
by Ron DeLord | May 31, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
Four years after voters closed the city’s public employee pension system, every candidate for City Council District 9 says the city should give pensions to at least some new city employees. One of them even offered a path to reinstating them that he was later forced...
by Ron DeLord | May 31, 2016 | Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
Tensions between Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck and the union representing LAPD officers boiled over into a federal lawsuit Thursday, with the Los Angeles Police Protective League claiming the chief has a “corrupting influence” on the disciplinary process and...
