by rondelord | Jan 10, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
When former Enron trader and Texas billionaire John Arnold donated more than $1 million to a November 2014 initiative to reform the public pension system in Phoenix, pension activists took notice. Arnold’s donation to Proposition 487, also known as the Phoenix Pension...
by rondelord | Jan 10, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
A budget watchdog group is attempting to head off a request for a slight increase in the annual cost-of-living raise for 15,000 city retirees, saying the extra money should not be awarded until the city shores up its pension-fund finances. The retirees are already...
by rondelord | Jan 5, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
Detroit — Warren Evans on his first day as Wayne County’s executive announced he will save taxpayers $1.2 million with fewer staff and lower salaries. The savings will stem from a 5 percent salary reduction for all appointees, according to a press release sent early...
by rondelord | Jan 5, 2015 | Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
On the Senate’s last day in session in December, it approved the government’s $1.1 trillion budget for coming fiscal year. Few people realize how radical the new U.S. budget law was. Budget laws are supposed to decide simply what to fund and what to cut. A budget is...
by rondelord | Jan 5, 2015 | Labor, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
Labor unions backed Bill de Blasio in his mayoral run, but have stayed silent as attacks on the mayor by police union heads have mounted. The incendiary rhetoric and actions of New York City police union head, Patrick Lynch, appear to be creating a division between...
by rondelord | Jan 5, 2015 | Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Days away from taking the oath of office that will make her the first female governor of Rhode Island, Governor-elect Gina Raimondo anticipates that public-employee pensions will be one of the first big items she tackles. Again. Specifically, she...
