by Ron DeLord | Nov 27, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Health Insurance, Labor, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
State officials want to remove health insurance benefits from new union contracts with state and local government workers, eliminating those items from Iowa’s collective bargaining law for public employees. Gov. Terry Branstad said Monday the proposal is...
by rondelord | Dec 24, 2014 | Fire, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
Congress packed a lot of extraneous issues into the massive $1 trillion spending bill passed just before adjourning last week. Among them was a provision that allows pension benefits to be reduced for about 1.5 million retirees. That is bad news for those pensioners,...
by rondelord | Sep 6, 2014 | Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
Des Moines Police Chief Judy Bradshaw has been an exemplary public servant. She has served us very well as a police officer and as an administrator. It’s too bad that we are losing her services in the Des Moines Police Department because of the overly generous pension...