by rondelord | Jan 20, 2015 | Fire, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
In a move reflecting more realistic expectations, Marin pension trustees cut a key investment return assumption a quarter percent Wednesday, meaning member agencies and employees will pay more to finance the program. Pension chief Jeff Wickman said Marin joins Orange...
by rondelord | Jan 20, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
One of the biggest costs at just about every level of local government across the state of Nevada is personnel. Over the years our lawmakers have made it difficult to control those costs by making public employee union collective bargaining practically a mandate....
by rondelord | Jan 20, 2015 | Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
Anybody who cares about higher taxes or cuts in basic services should be alarmed about how California’s exploding public employee retirement costs threaten our state’s fiscal future. Annual pension costs have almost tripled over the past decade and nearly every...
by rondelord | Jan 20, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
NEW YORK — The New York State Correctional Officers and Police Benevolent Association is hoping to get some attention with a new highway billboard. The board, situated on Route 490, says “We support our state. When will they support us?” NYSCOPBA Vice President Mike...
by rondelord | Jan 20, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan’s conservative Supreme Court is seeking to reconcile whether 31,000 unionized state employees are covered by a right-to-work law, hearing opposing arguments Tuesday on whether lawmakers stepped on the turf of a panel that regulates...
by rondelord | Jan 20, 2015 | Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
After the midterm election results there has been a lot of talk about the young people who didn’t turn out to vote. There are around 8 million millennials, people ages 18-to-35, in California. And the conventional wisdom has been that since they helped elect President...
