by Ron DeLord | Nov 8, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
New Jersey became the state with the worst-funded public pension system in the U.S. in 2015, followed closely by Kentucky and Illinois. The Garden State had $135.7 billion less than it needs to cover all the benefits that have been promised, a $22.6 billion increase...
by Ron DeLord | Nov 8, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
BOYNTON BEACH — Boynton Beach’s police officers now have a newly designed step program that will reward each person financially based on the number of years of work at the department. It’s the first time they’ve had the program since it was frozen in 2008, said Police...
by Ron DeLord | Nov 8, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
Members of the city prison guards’ union lost $20 million of their hard-earned money to a troubled and risky hedge fund because their leaders were afraid that if they spoke up they would be exiled to work on dreaded Rikers Island, a new lawsuit charges. Leaders of the...
by Ron DeLord | Nov 8, 2016 | Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
A photo that appears to show Costa Mesa’s police and fire chief endorsing Mayor Steve Mensinger’s reelection bid for council prompted the city to issue a statement over the weekend reiterating its stance of election impartiality. A resident who saw the photo online of...
by Ron DeLord | Nov 8, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
Pittsburgh police officers don’t have to live in the city to keep residents safe and state law gives them a right to move out, an attorney for the police union argued Tuesday. An attorney for the city countered that voters in 2013 overwhelmingly approved an...
by Ron DeLord | Nov 8, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Health Insurance, Labor, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
More than $3.5 million in the approximately $6.5 million the city will spend for health insurance is spent on retirees. October 11, Sam Teresi, Jamestown mayor, released his 2017 executive budget that contains an $878,736 deficit. Teresi said the ”No. 1” issue city...
