Police union says Dem proposal on collective bargaining is retaliation

By   /  May 23, 2013  /  Featured, law enforcement, News, Pensions, public sector, Scott Walker, Wisconsin  /  3 Comments

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By M.D. Kittle | Wisconsin Reporter
MADISON – “Sour grapes.”
That’s how Jim Palmer, executive director of the Wisconsin Professional Police Association sums up a proposal that would bring cops and firefighters under the provisions of Wisconsin collective bargaining reforms – the same requirements by which their public sector brethren are bound.
Sen. Tim Carpenter, D-Milwaukee, this week [...]

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$2 million habit: WI Public employee smoking surcharge would generate millions for state

By   /  May 20, 2013  /  Featured, Health Care, News, Obamacare, public sector, State Government, Wisconsin  /  7 Comments

A proposal that would add a $50 monthly surcharge to Wisconsin state employees who use tobacco would generate $6 million in revenue for the state. Obamacare would not allow termination of insurance coverage of state employees who lie about using tobacco.

Lighting up may cost state employees $50 more per month, but the state’s coffers could be about $6 million richer over the next biennium, according to a new report from the nonpartisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau.

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K-State union wants to keep cozy with lawmakers

By   /  May 13, 2013  /  Kansas, News, public sector, State Government  /  1 Comment

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OSAWATOMIE — The Kansas State Employees Association wants to bite the hand that pays them, says labor union president Bill Glover.

In a move that has surprised some, the public-employee union at Kansas State University has come out against shifting control of classified employees to the local level. Instead, the union has aligned with the notably anti-union state Legislature.

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State overtime changes save WI taxpayers nearly $14 million, report finds

By   /  April 30, 2013  /  Featured, News, public sector, Scott Walker, State Government, Wisconsin  /  3 Comments

Union members at the state Department of Corrections march in protest against collective bargaining reform. The changes are credited for helping save Wisconsin taxpayers nearly $14 million in state employee overtime costs.

By M.D. Kittle | Wisconsin Reporter
MADISON – Wisconsin taxpayers saved nearly $14 million on state employee overtime last year, thanks in large part to the implementation of controversial collective bargaining reform and a calmer season at the Capitol, according to new data from the state Department of Administration.
The DOA report shows overtime pay across all [...]

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Kansas pension blunder nears $300,000 in cost to taxpayers

By   /  April 25, 2013  /  Featured, General Interest, Kansas, News, Pensions, public sector  /  2 Comments

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The Kansas Public Employee Retirement System wrongly awarded nearly $300,000 in the past six years – and that’s just the start.

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