by Ron DeLord | Apr 10, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
The Chicago Police Department spent a record $116.1 million on overtime in 2015 — up 17.2 percent from the previous year — to mask a manpower shortage that has mushroomed under Mayor Rahm Emanuel, with police retirements outpacing hiring by 975 officers. “Overtime is...
by Ron DeLord | Mar 27, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
Fired Chicago Police Supt. Garry McCarthy violated the police contract when he “unilaterally” required rank-and-file police officers to cover up their tattoos, an independent arbitrator has ruled. Five months after a federal judge ruled that the no visible tattoo...
by Ron DeLord | Feb 7, 2016 | Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
Chicago taxpayers will spend $3.1 million to compensate 47 immigrants seeking to become police officers who were denied that chance because of a discriminatory rule that required applicants to have lived in the United States for the previous 10 years. On Friday, the...
by Ron DeLord | Nov 28, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
Chicago Police officers were disciplined in only 3 percent of more than 56,000 misconduct complaints filed over a 12-year period, according to a new analysis. The University of Chicago Law School and the Invisible Institute posted the complaints Tuesday morning on a...
by rondelord | Jul 13, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Unions
Gov. Bruce Rauner’s latest offer to solve the state and local pension crisis appears to give Mayor Rahm Emanuel a healthy chunk of what he wants — but not all of it. It includes an offer to lift the financial hammer hanging over Chicago taxpayers: a state-mandated,...