by Ron DeLord | Mar 27, 2016 | Canadian unions, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
Police in Port Hope, a small town located about 62 miles east of Toronto, started selling T-shirts with the slogan “Blue Lives Matter” last week in an attempt to fundraise and draw attention to “all the police officers who have given their lives in...
by Ron DeLord | Mar 27, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
NYPD morale is at rock bottom and the dangers officers face are greater despite an influx of new cops and an increase in technology, according to a police union survey. The Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association online membership poll found that 87% of police...
by Ron DeLord | Mar 27, 2016 | Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
Concerns have been raised about the state of Worcester’s public employee pension fund, prompting at least one city councilor to broach the idea of whether the retirement system’s assets should be transferred to the state. Now, that’s pretty serious...
by Ron DeLord | Mar 27, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
March 12–Scranton Mayor Bill Courtright announced Friday that his administration reached a key settlement with the city’s police and firefighter unions to finally pay them millions in back pay overdue to them from a landmark arbitration court ruling and...
by Ron DeLord | Mar 27, 2016 | Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
ST. PAUL, Minn. (KARE) A Minnesota lawmaker wants to give cities to power to make some protesters liable for the cost of policing mass demonstrations. Rep. Nick Zerwas, an Elk River Republican, said it’s not an effort to discourage lawful protests. If his...
by Ron DeLord | Mar 27, 2016 | Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
A battle is brewing among law enforcement leadership organizations about whether and how to change police use-of-force policy and training to be kinder and gentler. As the public, the media, and law enforcement professionals grapple with the persistent post-Ferguson...
