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Solidarity Walk Houston. José "Joe"[2] Campos Torres (December 20, 1953 – May 5, 1977) was a 23-year-old Mexican-American and veteran who was beaten by several Houston Police Department (HPD) officers, which subsequently led to his death. He had been brutally assaulted by a group of on-duty police officers on May 5, 1977, after being ...
It wasn't until later in the 1960s that many US states changed laws to allow public-sector employees the right to collective bargaining. [6] By the 1970s police were unionized in every major US city. [48] The longest continuously operating police union in the country is the Portland Police Association of Portland, Oregon, established in 1942. [49]
Spring Fire Department. The Spring Fire Department (SFD) is a combination fire department located 25 miles (40 km) north of downtown Houston, Texas in the northern part of unincorporated Harris County in the community of Spring, Texas. On April 1, 2020, Harris County Emergency Services District No. 7 became the direct service provider of fire ...
Organized labour. Collective bargaining is a process of negotiation between employers and a group of employees aimed at agreements to regulate working salaries, working conditions, benefits, and other aspects of workers' compensation and rights for workers. The interests of the employees are commonly presented by representatives of a trade ...
The victim, a 20-year-old man, was found with multiple gunshot wounds. Partygoers rushed outside to perform CPR until Houston Fire Department (HFD) personnel arrived and took over medical efforts.
The Southwest Inn fire in Houston, Texas on May 31, 2013 was a fire in an Indian restaurant that spread to an adjoining hotel. The fire claimed the biggest casualty loss for the Houston Fire Department since its inception. Four firefighters were killed and 13 others were injured that day while fighting the five-alarm fire at the Southwest Inn ...
Seven unions representing teachers and other public workers in Wisconsin filed a lawsuit Thursday attempting to end the state's near-total ban on collective bargaining for most public employees ...
A bill passed by the New Hampshire House would forbid collective bargaining agreements that require employees to join a union. An amendment to the state budget bill, HB2, was proposed on March 22, 2011. The bill would effectively end collective bargaining in the state by de-certifying unions whose contracts expired.