by Ron DeLord | Sep 27, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
ST. PETERSBURG — A city of St. Petersburg employee accused of referring to Mayor Rick Kriseman as a “clown” on Facebook has been suspended without pay for five days. Robin Wynn, a crew leader in the stormwater department, posted the phrase “What a...
by Ron DeLord | Sep 27, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
Memphis City Council members gave final approval Tuesday, Sept. 15, to a freeze on the city’s deferred retirement program in an effort to bolster police ranks and keep the force from dropping below 2,000 officers. The freeze option is open to 280 city employees, 178...
by Ron DeLord | Sep 14, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
As if Clark County management and the Service Employees International Union weren’t thoroughly sick of each other, they get to re-argue part of their bitter, recently settled labor dispute all over again this week. But they’ll largely be wasting their...
by Ron DeLord | Sep 14, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Health Insurance, Labor, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
Mayor Paul Soglin is proposing city employees pay deductibles for health care for the first time while also seeking a raise for employees whose pay has fallen behind that of workers who still can bargain collectively. Pay equity among city employees has emerged as a...
by Ron DeLord | Sep 14, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions, United Kingdom
Britain’s biggest police force is considering scrapping all 1,000 of its community support officers (PCSOs) as part of an £800m budget reduction drive. The move by the Metropolitan Police would be the single biggest cut in civilian officers anywhere in the country....
by Ron DeLord | Sep 14, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
The Wall Street Journal reports that public employee pension plans are getting more realistic about the returns they assume for their investments. But, as I show in a new report released by the American Enterprise Institute, they’re not being nearly realistic enough....
