by Ron DeLord | Jul 23, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
A longtime St. Louis civil rights group and big labor are working to build closer ties in an effort the two groups say is part of a new focus that will continue beyond election season. AFL-CIO Executive Vice President Tefere Gebre was in St. Louis Thursday to meet...
by Ron DeLord | Jul 23, 2016 | Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
Ron Smith, president of the Seattle Police Officers’ Guild, is resigning amid heavy criticism over a Facebook post about the death of five police officers in Dallas last week. The resignation is effective July 31, and union Vice President Kevin Stuckey will fulfill...
by Ron DeLord | Jul 23, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
The city announced Tuesday evening that they had come to an agreement with a police union, bringing Boston one step closer to implementing a body camera pilot program. This comes after renewed calls by local activists in recent days following the high-profile police...
by Ron DeLord | Jul 23, 2016 | Labor, Politics, Unions
Recordings from law enforcement body and dashboard cameras will not be considered public records in North Carolina under a law signed Monday by Gov. Pat McCrory. Civil libertarians and social justice activists said the law will make it more difficult to hold officers...
by Ron DeLord | Jul 23, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
New Jersey’s fiscal and economic future depends on how we answer a simple question: Do we have the courage to reform a broken pension system that’s driving us towards insolvency? There are some hopeful signs that the answer is “yes,” but if the state legislature gets...
by Ron DeLord | Jul 23, 2016 | Police, Politics, Unions
Both groups help communities and fear being lumped in with the bad apples, says Officer Kristi Weil. There are few jobs that require employees, in the course of performing routine duties, to check in every few minutes to assure co-workers they are not seriously...
