by Ron DeLord | Jul 8, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
A half-cent sales tax on the Aug. 30 ballot got backing Monday from the Jacksonville Civic Council, an influential group of business executives that has been pushing since 2013 for a fix to the city’s pension woes. If approved by voters, the half-cent sales tax would...
by Ron DeLord | Jun 26, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has ruled in favor of a law that allows municipal workers to live outside city borders, ending a longstanding policy in Milwaukee that required workers like teachers, police and firefighters to reside there. The court’s 5-2...
by Ron DeLord | Jun 26, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Health Insurance, Labor, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
Leaders of most of Hartford’s municipal unions say they want to work together to negotiate their health benefits. This comes as the city is trying to get more than $15 million in concessions from its workers. Representatives of six unions said at a press...
by Ron DeLord | Jun 26, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
Prince George’s County Council is considering approval of a union contract covering firefighters and paramedics. But legal developments around the country should give council members pause about rubberstamping the contract as is. In Arizona, Pennsylvania and Idaho,...
by Ron DeLord | Jun 26, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
Officials in Springfield, Massachusetts have taken steps to shore up the city’s severely underfunded municipal employee pension fund. The city has established a new reserve fund to earmark money for the retirement system and allocated an initial $1 million that was...
by Ron DeLord | Jun 26, 2016 | Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
In testimony to the Democratic National Committee’s Platform Committee, Californians for Retirement Security called for national action to address the nation’s retirement security crisis. The following is the complete text of the testimony: Hello, my name is Ben...
