by rondelord | Jun 8, 2014 | Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
When it comes to the thorny topic of funding public workers’ pensions, the city of Los Angeles and the state of Illinois provide a common theme: Hurt workers like Christine Bondi. Bondi, of Ontarioville, Ill., has worked for the Illinois Secretary of State for...
by rondelord | Jun 8, 2014 | Fire, Labor, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
After a hiatus during the Great Recession, health spending and health costs are once again rising fast. This trend is likely to continue: More than 70% of cost increases are due to the rising cost of treatments themselves, rather than increased patient numbers or...
by rondelord | Jun 8, 2014 | Fire, Labor, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
Spokespersons for California’s government employee unions perpetuate a myth of staggering absurdity and tragic consequences – that they are protecting working Californians from wealthy corporations and wealthy individuals. The reality is that government employee...
by rondelord | Jun 8, 2014 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
A controversial proposal to reform Ventura County employee pension plan has qualified for the November ballot. The proposal easily exceeded the 26,000 verified signatures it needed to make the ballot. Proponents gathered more than 40,000 signatures, with 32,000...
by rondelord | Jun 8, 2014 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
The Supreme Court is expected to rule any day now on the case of Harris v Quinn, a somewhat obscure tale of a mother’s reimbursement payment for providing her disabled son with home-based health care that’s exploded into a potential political earthquake...
by rondelord | Jun 3, 2014 | Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin on Friday signed a bill that would create a new defined contribution plan for some future public workers. Under the law, some public employees hired on or after Nov. 1, 2015, will be shifted into the new defined contribution plan administered...
