by Ron DeLord | Dec 5, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Health Insurance, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
LANSING — Republican lawmakers are colliding head-on with Michigan’s most powerful public-sector unions after abruptly introducing bills during the lame-duck Michigan Legislature session aimed at curbing billions of dollars in unfunded post-retirement health...
by Ron DeLord | Dec 5, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
The state’s largest cities face tens of billions of dollars in unfunded liabilities to employee pension funds, a series of separate financial situations that is spurring massive account withdrawals, ongoing lawsuits, mounting political friction and national media...
by Ron DeLord | Dec 5, 2016 | Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
Years of ill-timed investments and a refusal to abandon questionable strategies have left South Carolina’s government pension plans on the ropes, with a massive funding gap that threatens promised benefits to future retirees. The plans serve roughly one out of...
by Ron DeLord | Dec 5, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
CLEVELAND, Ohio — The head of Cleveland’s largest police union said he has “respectfully declined” the demands from 10 members of the Community Police Commission that he resign his seat, saying he represents a constituency that would otherwise...
by Ron DeLord | Dec 5, 2016 | Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
San Francisco’s police union intensified its attack on a proposal to restrict officers from shooting at moving vehicles — a top priority for reform advocates — by releasing an advertisement dramatizing what could happen if a raging motorist gunned his pickup into a...
by Ron DeLord | Dec 5, 2016 | Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
The Conroe ISD is reviewing a school district officer’s Facebook comment that referred to “anti-Trump sentiment” as “retardation” Tuesday. Philadelphia resident and activist Rufus Farmer said he came across the social media post shared by...
