by Ron DeLord | Apr 25, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
A key group of employees is deeply concerned about embattled Sheriff Dan Staton and is prepared to hold a no-confidence vote concerning his leadership, the Portland Tribune has learned. Leadership of the Multnomah County Deputy Sheriffs Association plans to meet with...
by Ron DeLord | Apr 25, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
Councilman David Alvarez proposed further pay increases and better training for San Diego’s police officers, among 30 recommendations for resolving a stubborn retention problem. According to Alvarez, who represents Barrio Logan and San Diego’s South Bay...
by Ron DeLord | Apr 25, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Health Insurance, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
American workers are feeling more stressed about their finances, in large measure due to the increasing out-of-pocket cost of healthcare, new research shows. They are looking to employers for guidance—and to do something about it. Six in 10 workers experience stress...
by Ron DeLord | Apr 25, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
Right around 2008, as the United States housing market was collapsing in on itself, something unusual happened in the Seattle Police Department: the year-to-year increases of SPD’s overtime budget started turning south, declining every year until 2012. Meanwhile,...
by Ron DeLord | Apr 25, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Unions
JACKSONVILLE, Fla.—Residents on the Northside say the city is not doing enough when it comes to fixing homelessness and crime. Mayor Lenny Curry made his pitch Monday to a crowd of hundreds and said that fixing the $3 billion pension problem is what’s needed to...
by Ron DeLord | Apr 25, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Testimony in a lawsuit by a group of city retirees challenging the 2013 cuts the city made in police and fire retirement benefits entered its second week Monday, as a dozen former police and firefighters described how the benefit reductions affected...
