by Ron DeLord | Jul 8, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
MEMPHIS, TN – The new pension plan for Memphis City employees with fewer than seven and a half years on the job is now in place. Mayor Jim Strickland says, for younger employees, the new hybrid pension plan is better. But the police and firefighters association,...
by Ron DeLord | Jul 8, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
The city of Ventura has reached new labor agreements with its police and service unions. In the contract reached with police, officers, sergeants and corporals received a 2.25 percent increase in May and will receive another increase of 2.25 percent in January. They...
by Ron DeLord | Jul 8, 2016 | Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
The Ontario Provincial Police Association (OPPA) joined other police associations in condemning the executive director of Pride Toronto for appearing to agree to demands made by Black Lives Matter during Sunday’s Pride Parade, which called for, among other things,...
by Ron DeLord | Jul 8, 2016 | Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
TAMPA — The president of Tampa’s police union has been cleared of an allegation that he made a throat-slashing gesture during the contentious City Council meeting where Frank Reddick was ousted as council chairman. Vincent Gericitano, president of the Tampa...
by Ron DeLord | Jul 8, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association boss Pat Lynch is right to disagree with Mayor de Blasio on plenty of issues — but disability pensions isn’t one of them. Last week, the union boss asked Gov. Cuomo to help boost pensions for injured cops hired after 2009. Since a...
by Ron DeLord | Jul 8, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
In January 2013, Gov. Jerry Brown bragged about the state’s new commitment to fiscal responsibility. He talked about “living within our means and not spending what we don’t have.” A year later, in his State of the State address, Brown insisted that “fiscal discipline...
