by Ron DeLord | Oct 23, 2016 | Labor, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
Nicole Grant, the King County Labor Council’s Executive Secretary-Treasurer, sat down with us recently to talk about the labor movement and police unions.This interview has been edited for clarity and length. Ansel Herz: The Seattle Police Officers Guild (SPOG),...
by Ron DeLord | Oct 23, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
Donald Trump, having disgraced the Republican Party, polluted the presidential campaign and shamed and embarrassed the nation, now wants to bring those talents to the federal government. If his racist, misogynistic, narcissistic campaign does win, two unions...
by Ron DeLord | Oct 23, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
Call it the tale of two pension crises. In June, the Los Angeles Times’ business pages looked at the looming retirement savings disaster caused by the nearly 40-year transition from traditional employer-sponsored defined-benefit pensions to individual 401(k) plans — a...
by Ron DeLord | Oct 23, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
A new training program to teach street officers tactics to defuse tense encounters with people who aren’t wielding guns is being embraced by police chiefs in many of America’s biggest cities as a way to prevent hundreds of fatal shootings each year. Even with the...
by Ron DeLord | Oct 23, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
In the face of mounting criticism of his record on transparency, Mayor Bill de Blasio called for changing a state law that the city has said blocks the release of details about disciplinary actions taken against New York City police officers. The mayor, in a written...
by Ron DeLord | Oct 14, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Health Insurance, Labor, Politics, Unions
SAN ANTONIO — A Bexar County appeals court has ordered the city of San Antonio and the San Antonio Professional Firefighters Association to mediation, according to a city press release. The court ordered that the two sides must select a mediator within a week, or the...
