by rondelord | Dec 1, 2014 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn)
How much sick leave time do you get at your job? A week every year? A few days? How about an entire year and a half? Baton Rouge city-parish employees currently get to keep all of the sick leave time they accrue through their entire career. It doesn’t expire at...
by rondelord | Nov 10, 2014 | Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
Police Superintendent Michael Harrison stood before a room of his top commanders, a sea of white shirts on a late October morning eight days into the job, to persuade them to help him recruit new officers. An incentive program would pay cops $1,000 for each new...
by rondelord | Oct 25, 2014 | Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
It’s been eight years since New Orleans police officers received a pay raise and in the meantime, police associations say, their costs of living and insurance rates have increased, driving down their take-home pay. Meanwhile, the force has shrunk by 30 percent...