Pensions

• Small Indiana Pension Fund Goes Up Against Wal-Mart
• Source: Indianapolis Star   |   Indiana   |   September 10, 2012
• The Indiana Electrical Workers Pension Trust Fund IBEW has emerged as a lead plaintiff among investors who believe Wal-Mart's officers and directors breached their fiduciary duty to shareholders by stifling an internal company probe of the alleged bribery operation.

• Chicago Teachers Strike: Full Coverage
• BY: News Staff   |   Chicago   |   September 10, 2012
• The Chicago Teachers Union is on strike for the first time in 25 years. Find out why and what this means for the mayor, the union and the students.

• Local Government Employment Declines for 12th Month
• BY: Mike Maciag   |   September 7, 2012
• Friday's jobs report marks a year of declining local government employment. Some, though, think the end of cuts is near.
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• Chicago Schools Details Its Strike Contingency Plan
• BY: McClatchy News   |   Chicago   |   September 7, 2012
• Chicago Public Schools put in place a contingency plan listing 144 schools that would provide limited services to students affected by a possible teachers strike next week.

• Philadelphia Hires Its 1st Chief Data Officer
• BY: McClatchy News   |   Philadelphia   |   September 7, 2012
• Mark Headd, a self-taught computer programmer and self-described "civic hacking veteran," has joined the Nutter administration as the city's first chief data officer, responsible for improving public access to information the city collects.

• Utah Schools Superintendent to Retire
• Source: Salt Lake Tribune   |   Utah   |   September 7, 2012
• State Superintendent Larry Shumway plans to retire after three years as Utah’s top education official -- a time marked by debates over academic standards and testing and a recession that strained schools here and nationwide.

• Gallup: State, Local Governments Hiring Most Since Economic Collapse
• BY: Dylan Scott   |   Nation   |   September 5, 2012
• For the first time since the start of the economic downturn, state and local governments created more jobs than they lost last month.

• Michigan to Appeal Ruling on School Retiree Health Care Costs
• BY: McClatchy News   |   Michigan   |   September 5, 2012
• The state will appeal a ruling that declared unconstitutional a 3 percent deduction from school employee pay to support post-retirement health care.

• Government: Factory, Enterprise or Both?
• BY: Patrick Ibarra   |   September 5, 2012
• The assembly-line approach in delivering services has its place, but there’s danger when risk aversion permeates a government.

• Sick Leave Causes Headaches for Governments
• BY: Katherine Barrett & Richard Greene   |   September 2012
• Governments are struggling with how to properly manage sick leave to prevent employees from abusing it.
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• What Makes the Boomers the Boomers?
• BY: Neil Howe   |   September 2012
• The baby boom generation is about to retire, and it has vastly different wants, needs, likes and dislikes than the generations before them.
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• Democratic Convention Viewed as Opportunity to North Carolina's Unions
• Source: Raleigh News & Observer   |   North Carolina   |   August 31, 2012
• North Carolina union leaders are eager to use the convention to highlight for a broad audience the struggles facing organized labor in the South.

• Detroit Police Lose Lawsuit to Halt 10% Wage Cut
• Source: Detroit Free Press   |   Detroit   |   August 31, 2012
• A judge denied a request by Detroit's largest police union for an injunction against pay cuts and work rule changes Mayor Dave Bing's administration imposed in July.

• Oregon Lawmakers Demand to Know: Why Wasn't Anyone Fired for State's Largest Tax Fraud?
• Source: Oregonian   |   Oregon   |   August 30, 2012
• A contrite director of the Oregon Department of Revenue appeared before a legislative committee and apologized repeatedly for dropping the ball on a fraudulent $2.1 million tax refund.

• Chicago Teachers Set Sept. 10 Strike Date
• Source: Chicago Tribune   |   Chicago   |   August 30, 2012
• The Chicago Teachers Union filed a 10-day strike notice that moved the city closer to its first teacher walkout in 25 years and left the district racing to finalize a plan if more than 402,000 students are locked out of the classroom.
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