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State Will Not Release Decision on Employee Fraud
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State officials refuse to release the arbitration decisions that allowed more than 40 state employees to get their jobs back after accusations they had fraudulently received federal aid.
Ed Jacovino -
Journal Inquirer -
June 15, 2012
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Should Unused Sick Time Equal Cash
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Lt Gov Wyman said not paying departing employees for unused sick time would be sending the message that they wld have to use sick days or lose them
Arielle Levin Becker -
CTMirror.org -
May 17, 2012
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Stop Billing the Grandkids
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Intergenerational Equity in Pension Plans Is Long Overdue
Girard Miller -
Governing Magazine -
March 2012
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California Greek Tragedy
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No one should write off the Golden State But it will take massive reforms to reverse its economic decline.
Wall St Journal -
MICHAEL BOSKIN and JOHN COGAN -
March 2012
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Compensation Monster Devouring Cities
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In the typical city town or school district compensation costs generally range from 70 to 80 percent of the budget
STEVEN MALANGA -
cityjournal.org -
Cost
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Main Street Says Look at Pensions
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Stop reimbursing the costs of pensions and other retirement benefits at hugely profitable defense contractors Cld Realize 30 bil dlr savings
NYTimes -
GRETCHEN MORGENSON -
2011
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Providence is facing bankruptcy
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Rhode Islands capital city will be in bankruptcy by June if it doesnt get help resolving its financial crisis.
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WPRI.com -
Jan 2012
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Up next Shared sacrifice for retired teachers
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Malloy wants to reduce the state share of an individual teacher health care from one third to one quarter saving the state 7.5 millio dlrs a year.
CtMirror.org -
staff -
Feb 15, 2012
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How Much More Will Unions Lose
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In Arizona a senate committee voted to ban collective bargaining with public employee unions
Susan Kniep -
The Federation -
Feb 2012
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Pensions and Promises and Perfidy
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The defined benefit pensions concocted by politicians are now throwing towns and municipalities into bankruptcy
Paul Jacob -
Townhall -
January 1, 2012
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Bail bondsmen welcome increased state oversight
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referring to a new law aimed at cracking down on bail bondsmen who keep shoddy records - illegally undercut their competition - and break other rules in the state regulated industry.
Ed Jacovino -
Journal Inquirer -
December 29, 2011
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Digging a pension hole
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Springfield politics wreaked havoc on retirement code
Chicago Tribune -
E. Jason Wambsgans -
Dec 2011
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Calculating Public Employee Total Compensation
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Berkeley, Cal Retired City Manager Annual Pension Will Exceed His Former Salary, Illinois Governor Sets Up Panel to Examine States Troubled Pension System, and More Pension News
Various News -
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Dec 2011
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Government Worker Pensions ARE Wall Street
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To fund government worker pensions, what has happened is the government workers have taken the taxpayers money, and essentially lent it back to the taxpayers..
UnionWatch.org -
Editor -
Nov 21, 2011
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Report - Reduce Retirement Benefits
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The report by the Connecticut Regional Institute for the 21st Century pegged unfunded pension and retiree medical benefits at 41.9 billion dollars... Access Report Here
Hartford Courant -
MARA LEE -
2011
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Republicans in Indiana to Seek Law Limiting Unions,
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Obama Labor Dept Approves Deal Giving ExSolyndra Staff 13,000 dlrs Each In Federal Aid, and Top pensioner at Oregon Public Employee Retirement System earning 41,000 Dlrs a month
Various News -
Publications -
Nov 2011
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When pension officials enable corruption
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Also Read Double dipping labor leaders stand to reap millions from union retirement funds while also collecting city pensions
Chicago Tribune and -
Other News Publications -
Oct 2011
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JACK ABRAMOFF The lobbyist playbook
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Crooked lobbyist Jack Abramoff explains how he asserted his influence in Congress for years, and how such corruption continues today despite ethics reform.
Leslie Stahl -
60 Minutes -
Nov 6, 2011
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Another grab for power by the teacher unions
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Today in Connecticut anyone can inspect the evaluation of a police officer, a firefighter, a sanitation worker, a road crew member, or any other public employee, but not the evaluation of a teacher
Chris Powell -
Journal Inquirer -
Oct 10, 2011
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Have public unions failed the public
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Authored book being released by John Wiley and Sons next month called Pension Ponzi How Public Sector Unions are Bankrupting Canada Health Care Education and Your Retirement.
Bill tufts and -
Lee Fairbanks -
Sept 5, 2011
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Rhode Island Pension System Collapsing
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Rhode Island turned its pension program into a Ponzi scheme with the same basic technique that is being used in cities and states all over the country to bamboozle workers and taxpayers alike. It projected unreasonable rates of return on the money the sta
Walter Russell Mead -
Walter Russell Mead -
Sept 2011
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Legal Landscape on Pensions Gaining Clarity
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Unions argue cuts eliminate benefits members and retirees earned. Judges ruled in Colorado and Minnesota COLAs not protected by contractual language or constitutional provisions.
Steve Malanga -
publicsectorinc.com -
Sept 2, 2011
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Have public unions failed the public
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In this century the labour movement has morphed into a protection group focused on extracting more money from taxpayers. Most unions in Canada are public sector employee groups.
Bill tufts and Lee Fairbanks Commentary -
telegraphjournal -
Sept 5, 2011
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Second Highly Paid UConn Cop To Retire
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The second of UConn two highly paid top cops Maj. Ronald Blicher to retire five months after Courant disclosures sparked controversy over his 201,883 dlrs annual salary and the 255,848 a year pay of Chief Robert Hudd who also has said
that he will retire
Jon Lender -
Hartford Courant -
Sept 1, 2011
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Herskowitz Asks Labor Board To Nullify Agreement
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Lisa Herskowitz the prosecutor who filed a labor complaint to halt the union re vote on a 1.6 billion dollar labor concessions agreement amended her complaint last week calling on the Labor Relations Board to invalidate the contract.
Hugh McQuaid -
CTNewsJunkie.com -
Sept 2, 2011
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Collapse of public sector bargaining
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There can be little question that great change is in the offing in our society in many areas including the provision of public services. Public sector employees are overpaid.
By Lanny Ebenstein -
president of the California Center for Public Poli -
Aug 22, 2011
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Rival union ups pressure on AFSCME
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The union looking to unseat another in representing the state prison guards has filed paperwork with the state Labor Department saying it has enough support to force a run off vote.
Journal Inquirer Newspaper -
Ed Jacovino -
Aug 16, 2011
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A City Upended by Unions
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Central Falls declared bankruptcy because its sky high labor costs had impaired its ability to pay its bills. The ratings agencies say the development is no surprise, but we wonder whether they will be saying the same thing when a bigger city falls off a
Wall St Journal -
Staff -
Aug 4, 2011
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NJ Senate Passes Public Employee Benefits Bill
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New Jersey Senate passed bill requiring sharply higher contributions for health benefits and pensions from more than a half million government workers while suspending unions ability to bargain over health care.
Associated Press -
ANGELA DELLI SANTI and BETH DeFALCO -
June 2011
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Losing political clout
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Even longtime supporters take unions to task for rejection savings and concession agreement
Associated Press -
Susan Haigh -
July 4, 2011
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Fat pensions spell doom for many cities
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Vallejo, Calif., took the extreme step of filing for bankruptcy to get out of generous obligations to public employees. Other cities and states are watching.
cnnmoney -
staff -
2008
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Tab for state employees rising
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The average health insurance cost for a state worker is 17,200 for a family with government paying 14,900 dollars.
Journal Inquirer -
Staff -
June 2008
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Taxpayers are Being Sued by Government Unions
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A union representing public employees is suing
more than 200 cities, towns, school districts and
public agencies for a share of the
windfall from Anthem Blue Cross
AP -
Asspciated Press -
Sept 2003
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Connecticut State Employees Association
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Coalition of state employee unions asked Connecticut Superior Court to vacate arbitrator award permitting Early Retirement Incentive Program
CSEA -
CSEA Website -
Nov 2003
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