by Ron DeLord | Jan 10, 2017 | Canadian unions, Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
The Toronto Police Association is using tele-townhalls to poll residents and mobilize support to fight the city’s plan to reduce the $1 billion-plus police budget through downsizing and restructuring. The union is inviting tens of thousands of Torontonians to dial...
by Ron DeLord | Jul 8, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
Nabil Yatim believes that if police officers in Ontario received more training on how to use words instead of weapons, his son Sammy would be alive today. “I’m almost positive he would be,” Yatim told reporters at Queen’s Park Wednesday, after the release of a...
by Ron DeLord | Jul 8, 2016 | Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
Peel Regional Police senior officers have formally called for the resignation of the man who oversees them, board chair Amrik Ahluwalia, accusing him of “insulting” the force. A letter to fellow police obtained by the Star, written by the Peel Police Senior Officers...
by Ron DeLord | Apr 25, 2016 | Canadian unions, Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
The tongue lashing city councillors gave police last week over controversial paid duty was the latest sign of the Toronto Police Association’s waning influence at city hall. Members of the executive committee took turns ripping into the fact thousands of highly...
by rondelord | Sep 6, 2014 | Canadian unions, Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
Judging from the latest crime statistics, Torontonians are safer than they’ve been in years. So why does the cost of policing keep soaring, especially in Canada’s biggest city? There’s a variety of reasons, such as extra expenses associated with policing one of the...