by Ron DeLord | Nov 8, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Uncategorized, Unions
HOUSTON – All three of Houston’s pension systems for city employees are behind a reform plan put forth by Mayor Sylvester Turner last month, he announced Monday. Turner’s plan called for the city’s cash-strapped system, which pays pensions for police...
by Ron DeLord | Oct 23, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Health Insurance, Labor, Politics, Unions
SAN ANTONIO – The city of San Antonio said it informed the Fourth Court of Appeals that the city and the San Antonio Professional Firefighters Association could not reach agreement on a mediator within the time allotted by the court. The current collective...
by Ron DeLord | Oct 23, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Unions
The Dallas Police and Fire Pension Board approved a plan Thursday asking its police and firefighters to help rescue their failing retirement fund. Sixty-five percent of police and firefighter would have to agree to the changes that would cut benefits and increase...
by Ron DeLord | Oct 23, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
One man was gunned down on New Year’s Eve. Another was shot three times in the back as he ran away. Both men were unarmed. Both were men of color. And both were killed, just seven months apart, by rookie Oakland Police Officer Hector Jimenez. Jimenez was fired...
by Ron DeLord | Oct 23, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
Terre Haute police and fire departments may face layoffs, potentially significant ones, if the city council does not pass some form of revenue increase and allow use of PILOT fees to help cover the general fund. That’s the message from Steve Lockard, president of the...
by Ron DeLord | Oct 23, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
Police Department got a strange request from a local citizen. The SPD had been running a pilot program in which officers wore body cameras, and the person was asking for access to every piece of footage the department had collected up to that point. Under the Freedom...
