by Ron DeLord | Jan 10, 2017 | Collective Bargaining, Health Insurance, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
NASHUA — Two local representatives are considering introducing bills that would help alleviate some of the rising contributions of state employer pension costs. Since 2011, the city’s pension payments to the New Hampshire Retirement System have increased from $11.8...
by Ron DeLord | Jan 10, 2017 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
In less than a month legislators will return to Columbia for the 2017 session. The two biggest problems some say they face are fixing roads and overhauling the state’s failing pension program. The program has been deteriorating since 1999 after a series of bad...
by Ron DeLord | Jan 10, 2017 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
Pittsburgh’s defined-benefit pension problems are typical for such traditional but unsustainable plans. That’s why so many businesses have switched to 401(k)-style defined-contribution plans — as the city should have long ago. Enough hasn’t been...
by Ron DeLord | Jan 10, 2017 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Unions
TRENTON — Leaders of the state’s largest public-safety unions are pushing a plan to shift control of their pension fund investments to a union-dominated board, rather than the state. But their colleagues in the smaller unions are resisting the possible change. The New...
by Ron DeLord | Jan 10, 2017 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
Los Angeles, CA–There are certain respects in which Los Angeles, for all its innate advantages, feels like an unsustainable city. It has the nation’s largest homeless population, the worst traffic, and numerous other service failures. Lack of money...
by Ron DeLord | Jan 10, 2017 | Canadian unions, Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
The Toronto Police Association is using tele-townhalls to poll residents and mobilize support to fight the city’s plan to reduce the $1 billion-plus police budget through downsizing and restructuring. The union is inviting tens of thousands of Torontonians to dial...
