by rondelord | Jun 18, 2014 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
The Republic regularly asks Phoenix City Council members and the mayor to share their thoughts on issues. Last week, the Phoenix police-officer union unveiled a ballot initiative that would leave controversial pay and benefit cuts in place and require the city to more...
by rondelord | Jun 3, 2014 | Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Unions
ARIZONA – Police and firefighters who largely have opposed changes to their pension benefits now are urging Gov. Jan Brewer to call a special legislative session this summer to reform the financially troubled Public Safety Personnel Retirement System. Andrew...
by rondelord | May 29, 2014 | Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
Arizona police associations are calling on Republican Gary Kiehne to disband his campaign for Congress over remarks he made comparing police officers carrying out a wildfire evacuation to Nazi SS agents. Kiehne, a first-time candidate in eastern Arizona’s 1st...
by rondelord | May 29, 2014 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
Phoenix’s new contracts with its employee unions will end the controversial practice of pension spiking for police officers and firefighters and cap it for other city workers, saving taxpayers an estimated $233 million over 25 years, according to a city report....
by rondelord | May 14, 2014 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
Phoenix City Council members voted 5-4 on Wednesday to impose pay and benefit cuts on the city’s 2,386 police officers. Game over, right? No. Will Buividas, chief contract negotiator for the Phoenix Law Enforcement Association, told me Thursday, “To me...