by Ron DeLord | Nov 8, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
Adjusted net pension liabilities for the 50 largest local governments totaled $367 billion in fiscal year 2015, up 192% from 2005, said a report Friday from Moody’s Investors Service. Of the 50 municipal entities reviewed, 32 had greater adjusted net pension...
by Ron DeLord | Nov 8, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
Sixty-five patrols and six detectives of the Yale Police Benevolent Association, also known as the Yale police union, were not alone during their information picketing last Wednesday afternoon. Several members of other Yale University unions, such as Local 34 and 35 —...
by Ron DeLord | Nov 8, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
After a Thursday 6th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruling that could alter how cities like Knoxville handle city pension cost of living adjustment increases, a Knoxville councilman wrote an open letter to Mayor Madeline Rogero asking the city to take up the issue. The...
by Ron DeLord | Nov 8, 2016 | Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
A Pennsylvania police chief, who angered some of his department’s rank-and-file members by speaking out in uniform at the Democratic National Convention in support of criminal justice reforms, announced his resignation on Friday. Pittsburgh Police Chief Cameron...
by Ron DeLord | Nov 8, 2016 | Labor, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
In July 2015, the University of California’s student-workers union, United Auto Workers (UAW) 2865, passed a resolution calling on the AFL-CIO to terminate the membership of the International Union of Police Associations (IUPA). Now, after a series of meetings in Los...
by Ron DeLord | Nov 8, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Politics, Unions
Mayor Lenny Curry is getting push back from Jacksonville police and firefighter unions on a plan to increase employee contributions to existing pensions and require new employees to enter a 401k retirement plan instead of a pension. The closing of the pensions to new...
