by rondelord | Jun 29, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
FORT SMITH — Fort Smith city directors are considering cuts in the general fund budget to come up with additional money to keep fire and police pension programs solvent. Meeting in a study session earlier this week, two directors voted to put on the July 21...
by rondelord | Jun 29, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
(Reuters) – Scranton, Pennsylvania, Mayor William Courtright said on Thursday the state should take over the city’s pension system after a report found problems with past benefit awards in one of the funds. Courtright, a Democrat, said the most recent...
by rondelord | Jun 29, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
A proposed ballot measure unveiled Thursday would reduce pension payments for state and local government employees in the nation’s most populous state. Former San Diego Councilman Carl DeMaio and former San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed will try to tap the same sense of...
by rondelord | Jun 29, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Police, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
Powerful public-sector unions are facing another high-profile legal challenge that they say could wipe away millions from their bank accounts and make it tougher for them to survive. A group of California schoolteachers, backed by a conservative group, has asked the...
by rondelord | Jun 29, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
A panel formed by Gov. Tom Wolf to examine the state’s debt-burdened municipal pension plans will be delivering its report to the governor on Tuesday. Auditor General Eugene DePasquale, who chairs that task force, said the report’s recommendations will...
by rondelord | Jun 29, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
San Jose has reached multi-year agreements with all but one of its 11 employee unions, the city announced at the end of last week. The contracts, which come up for City Council approval Tuesday and have yet to be ratified by union members, would restore salaries cut...
