by Ron DeLord | Nov 8, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
After a Thursday 6th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruling that could alter how cities like Knoxville handle city pension cost of living adjustment increases, a Knoxville councilman wrote an open letter to Mayor Madeline Rogero asking the city to take up the issue. The...
by Ron DeLord | Nov 8, 2016 | Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
A Pennsylvania police chief, who angered some of his department’s rank-and-file members by speaking out in uniform at the Democratic National Convention in support of criminal justice reforms, announced his resignation on Friday. Pittsburgh Police Chief Cameron...
by Ron DeLord | Nov 8, 2016 | Labor, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
In July 2015, the University of California’s student-workers union, United Auto Workers (UAW) 2865, passed a resolution calling on the AFL-CIO to terminate the membership of the International Union of Police Associations (IUPA). Now, after a series of meetings in Los...
by Ron DeLord | Nov 8, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Politics, Unions
Mayor Lenny Curry is getting push back from Jacksonville police and firefighter unions on a plan to increase employee contributions to existing pensions and require new employees to enter a 401k retirement plan instead of a pension. The closing of the pensions to new...
by Ron DeLord | Nov 8, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
When State Rep. Ken Rizer announced over the summer that he would introduce so-called Blue Lives Matter legislation that would enhance penalties for targeting police, he didn’t think he’d see ambush-style shootings of officers in his home state of Iowa so soon. But...
by Ron DeLord | Nov 8, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
Promoters of Measure O to increase our sales tax in Ventura — mostly city employees and employee unions — are omitting key facts. Mailers we received and recent letters published in The Star refer to needs for more police, road repair and other “urgent” needs. What...
