Fired Redondo Beach manager walked away with at least $270,000

by rondelord | May 14, 2014 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions

CALIFORNIA – Redondo Beach >> Fired City Manager Bill Workman, whose hostile relationship with employee unions led to his undoing, collected at least $270,000 upon his departure, according to a document released by the city this week. Workman, the city’s...

Missouri union bill includes exemption for first responders

by rondelord | May 14, 2014 | Fire, Labor, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions

A bill in the Missouri Legislature that would force public employees to give annual written consent for money automatically deducted from their paychecks includes exemptions for first responders. The legislation would essentially force unions to obtain permission from...

Majority of City Unions Vote to Support Health Care Savings Proposal

by rondelord | May 14, 2014 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Health Insurance, Labor, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions

The Municipal Labor Committee, an umbrella group of New York City unions, voted Monday in support of a proposal championed by Mayor Bill de Blasio that is expected to generate $3.4 billion in health care savings. Several public safety unions—the Uniformed Firefighters...

Pension reform: Slowed by judge’s ruling, San Jose delays key part of Measure B

by rondelord | May 4, 2014 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions

SAN JOSE — In the latest setback for San Jose’s landmark pension reform, city officials have agreed with their employee unions to wait at least another year to implement certain pension and pay cuts following a judge’s ruling. The provisions of...

Public employee union ratifies 4-year contract with Rhode Island with 6 percent pay hike

by rondelord | May 4, 2014 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island — The public employee union Council 94 has ratified a new collective bargaining agreement with the state of Rhode Island that includes a 6 percent pay increase. The vote announced Friday was 1,514-to-759. Gov. Lincoln Chafee announced a...

Why something called an ARC is key to understanding PA’s pension mess

by rondelord | May 1, 2014 | Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions

Pennsylvania’s debt outlook remains negative because the state still underfunds its pension systems and is unlikely to fully fund them in the coming years. Fitch’s, a credit ratings agency, gave a sobering view of Pennsylvania’s pension mess in a report Thursday that...