Schools Superintendent Wally Cox is withdrawing a survey he distributed recently to administrators, saying that some of the suggested budget reduction measures may be restricted to the bargaining process. ...more

January 30, 2009

Bracing for state budget cuts due to the economic downturn, Highlands County Superintendent of Schools Wally Cox is asking his administrators to meet with their staff to rank 10 suggested budget-cutting measures. ...more

January 29, 2009

One day after the county administrator said he would propose a 2 percent raise for government employees making less than $65,000, a Teamsters representative has weighed in on the issue. ...more

September 2, 2008

College tuition reimbursement had for years been a benefit of working full time at the Pasco County Sheriff's Office, but that perk ended last month, adding one more wedge between the sheriff and unionized deputies. ...more

May 21, 2008

Upset they're not getting their raises and their contract talks are at a standstill, about 125 firefighters, their friends and their families picketed Friday outside City Hall. ...more

January 19, 2008

A retired vice squad commander is hoping to unseat his former boss in the upcoming Republican primary race for sheriff. ...more

January 5, 2008

SEBRING — An oversight by school district and support personnel negotiators will require another bargaining session to work out details on incentive pay. As the school board was about to approve the support union employment contract recently it was pointed out that a small portion of the contract was not in the agreement the employees ratified Dec. 2. The language concerned job incentive pay for employees with two- or four-year college degrees. "That poses for us a potential problem," said Sam Lee, negotiator for the school district. "It is my opinion that should the board adopt page 21 ... you in all probability will have committed an unfair labor practice," because it was not included in the contract ratified by the employees. ...more

December 16, 2007

Contract talks between Tampa firefighters and city administrators have deteriorated to the point the firefighters have declared an impasse. ...more

December 11, 2007

There's a lot to respect about the more than 40-year right of local and state government employees in Florida to form unions. ...more

November 25, 2007

LAND O' LAKES - A state hearing officer has ruled in favor of the Pasco County School District in a dispute over whether the district can require employees to work at hurricane shelters. ...more

November 17, 2007