by rondelord | Dec 1, 2014 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
Reno City Manager Andrew Clinger has called on public employee unions to make compromises in order for the city to rein in rapidly rising compensation costs. Clinger is concerned that Reno is facing a double challenge: revenues are still at least $10 million below the...
by rondelord | Dec 1, 2014 | Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
The 2015 Kentucky General Assembly, which starts Jan. 6, will be asked to devote billions of dollars in additional debt and spending to shore up the struggling pension funds that cover state workers and school teachers. But critics say the tax-subsidized pension...
by rondelord | Dec 1, 2014 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
A California appellate court has dismissed a case that claimed language used to describe a pension ballot measure was biased. Sacramento’s 3rd District Court of Appeal “dismissed as moot” former San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed’s appeal of a lower court ruling that Attorney...
by rondelord | Nov 22, 2014 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Health Insurance, Labor, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
The state’s health care program for public employees could face changes, pending the results of a study conducted by an Atlanta-based consultant. Gov. Scott Walker’s administration has contracted with the Segal Co. to study potential cost-cutting changes...
by rondelord | Nov 22, 2014 | Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
A Sangamon County Circuit Court judge ruled Friday that Illinois’ pension reform law passed last year is unconstitutional. Judge John Belz sided with employee and retiree organizations that argued that the law, passed Dec. 3, 2013, violates the state’s...
by rondelord | Nov 22, 2014 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Health Insurance, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
The town administration is settling contracts with its labor unions, with an eye toward keeping health care costs to a minimum. “We just completed police and Teamsters — park gardeners, highway crews, maintenance facility crews,” First Selectman...
