by rondelord | Dec 24, 2014 | Fire, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
Congress packed a lot of extraneous issues into the massive $1 trillion spending bill passed just before adjourning last week. Among them was a provision that allows pension benefits to be reduced for about 1.5 million retirees. That is bad news for those pensioners,...
by rondelord | Dec 24, 2014 | Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
For outrageous government scam of the year, it’s hard to compete with the news of the supersized public-employee pensions in California. If you haven’t already heard: In 2013, an assistant fire chief in Southern California collected a $983,319 pension last year. A...
by rondelord | Dec 24, 2014 | Fire, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Two top aides to Republican Gov. Sam Brownback proposed Friday that Kansas study privatizing the pension system for teachers and government workers. Budget Director Shawn Sullivan and Secretary of Administration Jim Clark told a joint legislative...
by rondelord | Dec 24, 2014 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
And now, the plan is not only to decimate public-sector unions, but all unions—to deplete the money they can spend on politics. Christmas came early for the less than a quarter of 1 percent of Americans who donate to political campaigns or committees. In a rare...
by rondelord | Dec 24, 2014 | Fire, Labor, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
TOWSON, Md. – Members of the Baltimore County police department have expressed anger over comments posted on the social media page of an employee of the county’s 911 center. On the personal Facebook page of the employee, Kelli Murray, the post shared a tone of...
by rondelord | Dec 21, 2014 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
Redondo Beach city employees are finally getting their pay back. The City Council on Tuesday night agreed to fully restore the wage concessions accepted by employees during the recession, a move that kept the city afloat as it faced multimillion-dollar budget...
