by Sandulli Grace Staff | Feb 8, 2016 | In Our Opinion..., Labor In The News
Late last year the Oregon Court of Appeals upheld the reinstatement of a Portland Police Officer, rejecting the city’s attempt to negate an arbitrator’s order under the guise of “public policy.” The case Portland Police Ass’n v. City of Portland arose out of the 2010...
by Sandulli Grace Staff | Feb 2, 2016 | Labor In The News, Sandulli Grace In The News
In contract negotiations between the Town of Braintree and the Braintree Police Officers Association, MCOP Local 365, the Town proposed the new position of Community Service Officer (CSO). The Town proposed the CSO as a specialty position that could be filled without...
by Amy Laura Davidson | Jan 13, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, In Our Opinion..., Labor In The News
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) (a/k/a “Obama Care”) contains a provision that would impose a 40% non-deductible tax on higher cost health plans. The tax was scheduled to go into effect in 2018 on plans whose total annual cost exceeds $10,200 for individual and $27,500...
by Sandulli Grace Staff | Dec 28, 2015 | In Our Opinion..., Labor In The News
As a former SWAT team member, this police officer approached the small white package left on his police vehicle cautiously. It turned out to be a sweet “survival kit” of candies left by an anonymous Secret Santa thanking law enforcement officers like him...
by Amy Laura Davidson | Dec 10, 2015 | Labor In The News
Menards, a massive home improvement chain store, has an employment agreement for managers which imposes a substantial pay cut if the workers under their supervision organize a union. A section in the employment agreement titled “Union Activity” provides that a...
by Sandulli Grace Staff | Dec 7, 2015 | Labor In The News
A Portsmouth, New Hampshire police officer pays for kid’s birthday cake ingredients that mom had stolen. This police officer was dispatched to an Ocean State Job Lot to investigate shoplifting charges. When he found out that it was a mom who had stolen items to...
