by rondelord | Jul 25, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Health Insurance, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
Ron DeLord is a larger than life figure in Texas law enforcement circles, whether he’s leading negotiations on behalf of a police union or riding his Harley to commemorate fallen officers. DeLord advertises himself as a “historian, author, and police union consultant”...
by rondelord | Jun 8, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Health Insurance, Labor, Police
The most immediate challenge awaiting the newly-elected mayor and City Council after June 13 is the impasse in collective bargaining talks between the City and the police union, and the refusal of the firefighters union after more than one year to even come to the...
by rondelord | Apr 1, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Health Insurance, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
Collective bargaining talks between the City of San Antonio and the San Antonio Police Officers Association came to a sudden if undeclared impasse Tuesday after union officials rejected the city’s latest improved wage and benefits proposal and refused to present a...
by rondelord | Mar 9, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Health Insurance, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
Negotiators representing the City of San Antonio and the San Antonio Police Officers Association held collective bargaining talks Friday, the first such face-to-face meeting since Nov. 3. The City, which is seeking significant concessions to reduce runaway health care...
by rondelord | Nov 10, 2014 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
The City of San Antonio filed lawsuits against the police and firefighters unions Friday morning, asking a state district court judge for a declaratory judgment that the Evergreen Clause in both collective bargaining agreements is unconstitutional. District 2...