A recent attack on your job and pensions appears in the Oct 25 edition of the Spokesman Review out of Spokane, Washington. The headline? “Public unions want moon, sweetened pensions, too.” The piece was submitted by an organization called The Washington Policy Center. These so-called think-tanks are everywhere. The Washington Police Center is just one […]
Here’s a problem everyone wished they had. Five Rhode Island law enforcement agencies are trying to decide what to do with $230 million in cash forfeited by Google. Investigators from local agencies are entitled to the money because they helped a federal investigation into the search engine’s distribution of ads for illegal prescription drug sales. […]
San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed, with several other California mayors, is trying to get an initiative called the “Pension Reform Act of 2014” onto the November 2014 state ballot. According to an analysis from Rains Lucia Stern, a pro-labor law firm, the initiative will be a disaster for public workers if passed. Their article states […]
“Smartest Guys in the Room” is a documentary film where Enron traders are cackling about rigging energy prices on ‘Grandma Millie’ and jamming electricity rates “right up her ass” for fucking $250 a megawatt hour. San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed has teamed up with John Arnold a former Enron commodities trader to eliminate public employee […]
Once the trigger is pulled and “post” leaves the barrel, it cannot be taken back. By John “Zeek” Teletchea, Treasurer, Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 89, Prince George’s County Maryland Mark Twain said, “a lie can travel halfway around the world while truth is putting on its shoes.” Great words to live by from an […]
Peter Peterson. You think this cute old man is harmless? Guess again. He is one of the biggest funders of the effort to eliminate collective bargaining for public sector employees.
On Saturday in Albuquerque a man clad in camouflage clothes wielding an assault rifle asked a bystander to call 911 and tell the police he was waiting for them. When police arrivedhe fired several gunshots at them and stole an Albuquerque police car from an officer who was seeking cover. While he was driving the […]
Phoenix council votes against curbing pension ‘spiking.’ In Phoenix, city leaders are struggling to rein in what they consider abusive practices by some employees, including the ability of senior-level managers to include cell phone plans and car allowances in their pension calculations. There are arguments to be made on both sides – where do you […]
It’s been a while (thank God) since we’ve had a story about a scam magazine that aggressively pitches ads to local businesses claiming they are an official publication of the local police association. But it appears you can’t keep a lucrative con game down. The most recent tale of deceit comes from Canada, where […]
Many police unions around the country have put up negative billboards to get their message across and get the community on their side. But in many communities, the tactic may be hurting more than helping. The most recent example is the billboard that went up in Fitchburg, MA. The police union billboard asks for […]
San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed’s public-employee pension initiative which would change the California Constitution to explicitly allow state and local governments in a fiscal emergency to cut future retirement costs by lowering current employees’ benefits including pensions is already being blasted by the unions who say that Reed’s proposal will speed government pensions […]
Just two years ago, a phenomenal effort led by a coalition called “We are Ohio,” comprised of members of the Ohio Fraternal Order of Police (F.O.P.) along with the state’s teachers, firefighters and other public and private sector workers, resulted in the voters overwhelmingly rejecting SB5 – a bill to limit collective bargaining rights […]
Turns out police in the UK – or across the pond as they say – have the same problem as their colleagues in the U.S. They are overwhelmed trying to help people who are mentally ill because they are the only ones out there to turn to. Read the story. Does it seem like […]
This was the most expensive battle in the 55 year history of the El Paso Officers Association. Does your association have a similar story? If so, let everyone know in the comments section below. It started on April 12, 2011, the beginning of one of the biggest and most expensive battles that the El […]
All over the country, cops, teachers, librarians, nurses, public works folks, to name a few, are pushing back against the failed policy of austerity and the people and organizations that would like to outlaw unions, the 40-hour work week and overtime compensation. In the private sector, fast food workers have been among the most […]
In California a group of mayors is trying to pass a law so they don’t have to pay their city’s employees what they were promised under a contractual agreement when they signed up for the job. If they are successful, the repercussions, not just in California but everywhere else, will be a disaster for law […]
Submitted by Tyler Izen, president, Los Angeles Police Protective League (LAPPL) Leave your thoughts on this important issue in the comments section below. When residents of any community need a police officer, they expect and deserve an immediate response. But here in my city, Los Angeles, it is getting harder to deliver on that expectation […]
Fatal heart attacks among law enforcement officers have been quietly mounting through the first half of this year, and most strike victims younger than 50, according to fatality data compiled by two police groups – Officer.com and the National Law Enforcement Memorial Fund (NLEOMF). Get all the info here.
Of all the groups and individuals bankrolling the aggressive effort to destroy collective bargaining rights of everyone working in the public sector including teachers, nurses, cops, firefighters, sanitation and parks, even people from the water department, there is wide agreement that David and Charles Koch are at the top of the list. It was Koch […]
Law enforcement unions and associations should get familiar with the data-driven strategy used by the 2012 Obama campaign that zeroed in on undecided voters in swing states and made a plan to reach them. The geniuses behind this effort have been lured from politics for the moment by big commercial interests who are desperate to […]
PubSecAlliance is a growing online community of union and association leaders from groups representing sworn personnel in law enforcement agencies in the U.S., Canada and around the world. It is
... Read More »
Whoever said, “A few bad apples can bring the whole place down” knew what they were talking about. Here’s one story that certainly reinforces the that notion. According to The Boston Globe, 20 Massachuetts State Troopers are being investigated for theft of overtime pay. Reporters Mark Arsenault, Travis Andersen, and Shelley Murphy write: “In another black […]
When is Police “Use of Force” Justified?
It seems like every law enforcement agency is grappling with changes in use-of-force policies, which are too often implemented by people that are not familiar at all with the complicated, risky, and high-pressure world of law enforcement, especially when it comes to the use of deadly force. The press conference you are about to watch […]
FBI Will Not Investigate Detective’s Homicide
The FBI won’t be taking over an investigation into the homicide of a Baltimore city detective who was slain amid a corruption investigation. Detective Sean Suiter was shot in the head with his own weapon on Nov. 15, a day before he was to testify before a federal grand jury investigating wrongdoing by fellow officers […]
The Madison Police Department in Wisconsin is making some changes to its policies on the use of deadly force. According to an article in the Wisconsin State Journal, the changes come after several law suits against the city were successful with payouts in the millions. “When it comes to the rules our police officers are trained […]
Via the Chicago Tribune: On his first full day as president of Chicago’s largest police union, Officer Kevin Graham appeared at a news conference to address reporters seeking details of his plan for leading the embattled rank-and-file of the police force. With cameras and reporters ready at the Fraternal Order of Police lodge in the […]
No matter how you feel about Donald Trump, this bit from “Jimmy Kimmel Live” will leave you laughing.
Deputy Martha Lohnes of the Greenville County Sheriff’s Department in South Carolina has responded to some weird 911 calls, but this one takes the cake. Aaliyah Ryan is just two years old. But she knew enough to call 911 when she was having a problem. The dispatcher told Deputy Lohnes that it sounded like a […]
In this section we will bring you articles, videos and pictures that make it obvious who needs a union – we all do. When employees have the right to sit
... Read More »
Connect with us
Connect with us on the following social media platforms.