by rondelord | Feb 22, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
(Reuters) – Wisconsin Republicans plan to call an extraordinary session to fast-track a right-to-work bill in the state legislature next week, Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald said on Friday. Governor Scott Walker, a potential Republican candidate for...
by rondelord | Feb 12, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Public worker unions and others who back traditional pensions over 401(k)-style plans got ammunition on Tuesday from a new study that shows U.S. state governments that made the switch did not achieve the predicted savings but rather lost...
by rondelord | Dec 17, 2014 | Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
Public employees filed the class action case in 2010, arguing that an element of the reform was unconstitutional because it essentially took their property. A provision of the revised law requires retirees who later return to work to pay into the retirement system,...
by rondelord | Nov 10, 2014 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Union-backed defenders of public pensions and their opponents expect their battle to expand to more states next year in the fight over U.S. entitlements after Tuesday’s mid-term elections. Despite defeat for a hotly contested ballot...