by Ron DeLord | May 17, 2016 | Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
PHOENIX (AP) – Voters are being asked to sign off on a major part of a police and firefighter pension system overhaul in next week’s special election that was enacted by the Arizona Legislature earlier this year. The changes contained in Proposition 124 on...
by Ron DeLord | May 17, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
DEARBORN, Mich. (WXYZ) – For the first time, Dearborn City Council members responded to a scathing police survey. The members told us they hadn’t seen the survey, so we made them copies. The survey was sent to 180 officers, sergeants, and lieutenants...
by Ron DeLord | May 17, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
California’s Fourth District Court of Appeal Monday denied an attempt by the Costa Mesa Police Association to block a lawsuit by Mayor Steve Mensinger, Councilman Jim Righeimer and his wife Lene that alleges illegal surveillance and harassment incidents by the...
by Ron DeLord | May 17, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
Moody’s Investors Services on Tuesday downgraded a rating tied to a $165.2 million general obligation bond issuance planned for this month, citing Fort Worth’s unfunded pension liability as the cause. Moody’s, one of three rating agencies, lowered the city’s rating to...
by Ron DeLord | May 17, 2016 | Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
After eight years with the Dallas Police Department, Kenneth King headed west earlier this year in search of a better life. He didn’t have to go far. King is one of eight officers who in recent months have joined the Fort Worth Police Department, where his base salary...
by Ron DeLord | May 17, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Unions
WEIRTON, W.Va. — “After I got shot at, I got run over, I got dragged down the highway 150 feet on my back, I have suffered.” Members of law enforcement risk their lives protecting the citizens of Weirton. Now, they are calling for change. Current and...
