by Ron DeLord | Nov 10, 2015 | Fire, Labor, Pensions, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
ATLANTA — The Georgia Supreme Court ruled in favor of the City of Atlanta in a class action lawsuit filed by firefighters, police and other city employees over changes to the city’s pension system. Plaintiffs claimed a 2011 ordinance increasing their...
by Ron DeLord | Nov 10, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Health Insurance, Labor, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
Your employer has already brought it up in bargaining, or else is about to: the health care headache known as the “Cadillac tax.” How hard are unions getting hit—and what can we do about it? Labor Notes interviewed Mark Dudzic, coordinator of the Labor Campaign for...
by Ron DeLord | Nov 10, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
In what one union is calling a “breakthrough contract,” Los Angeles County workers are poised to receive a 10 percent pay raise, an extra week of vacation and a new paid holiday if a tentative labor pact is approved. However, county passage is not assured. The Los...
by Ron DeLord | Nov 10, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
Leaders at the United Auto Workers union have launched a social-media blitz to help sell a new tentative labor deal ahead of a critical vote this week, hoping to persuade skeptical rank-and-file workers to support the pact after poor communication contributed to a...
by Ron DeLord | Oct 29, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
Conducting union business and performing employment duties are two activities that don’t, and shouldn’t, overlap. Yet in a growing number of jurisdictions, taxpayers are being forced to subsidize both. In Arizona, at least, this trend has hit a detour. This August,...
by Ron DeLord | Oct 29, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
Voters in New Jersey’s two competitive legislative races have been bombarded with television ads about the plight of Atlantic City casinos, but the group bankrolling the spots says they’re actually sending a message that the state should properly fund...
