by Ron DeLord | Sep 27, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
Pittsburgh’s police union head today said he backs the concept of controversial legislation that would bar disclosure of the names of police officers under investigation in shooting or other use-of-force incidents. “We’re absolutely supportive of...
by rondelord | Jun 8, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Pensions, Politics
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania’s state troopers and corrections officers have a message for legislators considering a pension overhaul for state and public school workers: Don’t include us. Joseph Kovel, president of the Pennsylvania State Troopers Association, told a...
by rondelord | May 12, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
HARRISBURG — Republicans on Wednesday gave Senate approval to two bills that they said would increase transparency in collective bargaining for public employees, but which Democrats equated to union-busting. One bill would require the state Independent Fiscal Office...
by rondelord | Sep 6, 2014 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
The Pittsburgh police union has filed a grievance over a new policy that bans officers from wearing baseball caps and requires them to wear their bullet-resistant vests underneath uniforms rather than outside them. The union argued in its grievance...