by Ron DeLord | Nov 8, 2016 | Canadian unions, Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
The rising costs associated with keeping the Winnipeg Police Pension Plan afloat have forced the city to approach its police unions about changing it. Since the economic recession of 2008, years of low interest rates have made it difficult for many employers to meet...
by Ron DeLord | Oct 14, 2016 | Canadian unions, Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
Saint John and the union representing city police officers are haggling over whether wages for the force have gone up 40 per cent or 50 per cent in the last decade. The union has even accused the city of misleading the public on the issue of officers’ wages....
by Ron DeLord | Sep 26, 2016 | Canadian unions, Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
There are still no answers for Mounties on when they can expect a long-awaited pay raise or form a union. Both issues are top of mind for members of the RCMP, who haven’t had a pay hike since January, 2014 and who remain in labour relations limbo. According to...
by Ron DeLord | Jun 19, 2016 | Canadian unions, Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
A committee of senators has scrapped the most controversial elements of the government’s bill to allow Mounties to form a union. Among the committee’s proposed amendments to bill C-7, the senate committee on national security and defence removed a long...
by Ron DeLord | Dec 8, 2015 | Canadian unions, Collective Bargaining, Police, Unions
Mounties will soon be one step closer to having the right to collective bargaining. The RCMP is the only police service in Canada without that right or the freedom to unionize. But today, Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale told the House of Commons the government is...