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Dunham’s Sports Discount Card
POLC members can save 10% off of select purchases at Dunham’s Sports with a Police Officers Labor Council Group Discount Card. The dis...
Retirement Reform Task Force Final Report
Gov. Snyder’s task force on retirement reform for local government proposes recommendations for unfunded pension and retiree health care liabilities Greater reporting and transparency, development of a fiscal stress system, new funding requirements necessary for long-term stability Tuesday, July 18, 2017 LANSING, Mich. – The Responsible Retirement Reform for Local Government Task Force today released […]
Register today for annual POLC/GELC conference
Register today for the 2017 POLC/GELC Conference, which is being held at Great Wolf Lodge in Traverse City Sept. 20-22. The Conference will feature a Labor Seminar, cocktails on the beach the night before the Seminar, and the choice of attending a Libation Tour or Golf Outing. Featured Speaker Will Aitchison will discuss negotiations, critical […]
POLC, GELC hire new attorney as Zulch accepts State Mediator position
— By Jennifer Gomori, POJ Editor POLC Labor Attorney Tom Zulch has made a career of helping officers through the worst times in their careers. Now he will take his extensive labor relations experience to the State of Michigan as a Mediator. Zulch is leaving the POLC/GELC by the end of June and beginning his […]
Missaukee County Administrators look forward to first contract
— By Jennifer Gomori, POJ Editor Missaukee County Administrators were never formally represented by a union – they didn’t feel the need. But with a growing Command staff, they decided to join the POLC. “We actually have a good employer employee relationship. It’s just a matter of looking toward the future,” said 911 Coordinator Ed […]
Hastings switches to POLC for full-time representation
— By Jennifer Gomori, POJ Editor The idea that your labor representative is only working their job part-time and secondary to another job is pretty unsettling. So when POAM notified Hastings Police they would be cutting back on their representation, the group decided they could definitely do better. “They were not happy with POAM specifically […]
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Allegan County Deputies help needy families for the past 15 years
— By Jennifer Foley, POJ Editor Residents of Allegan County might have been wondering why most of the Sheriff’s Deputies in their commun...
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News Law Enforcement
Posted by: Jennifer Gomori Posted date: March 23, 2017
Firearms leading cause of LOD deaths, ambushes on rise
— Excerpted from National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund (NLEOMF) It’s a simple equation, yet many fail to realize when police officers are targeted and killed, we are all in danger. In 2016, officer duty deaths were the highest they’ve been in five years and deadly ambush attacks reached a 20-year high. “All of these […]
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Posted by: Jennifer Gomori Posted date: June 1, 2017
Missaukee County Administrators look forward to first contract
— By Jennifer Gomori, POJ Editor Missaukee County Administrators were never formally represented by a union – they didn’t feel the need. But with a growing Command staff, they decided to join the POLC. “We actually have a good employer employee relationship. It’s just a matter of looking toward the future,” said 911 Coordinator Ed […]
News New Legislation
Posted by: POLC Staff Posted date: July 18, 2017
Retirement Reform Task Force Final Report
Gov. Snyder’s task force on retirement reform for local government proposes recommendations for unfunded pension and retiree health care liabilities Greater reporting and transparency, development of a fiscal stress system, new funding requirements necessary for long-term stability Tuesday, July 18, 2017 LANSING, Mich. – The Responsible Retirement Reform for Local Government Task Force today released […]
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Posted by: Jennifer Gomori Posted date: June 26, 2017
Register today for annual POLC/GELC conference
Register today for the 2017 POLC/GELC Conference, which is being held at Great Wolf Lodge in Traverse City Sept. 20-22. The Conference will feature a Labor Seminar, cocktails on the beach the night before the Seminar, and the choice of attending a Libation Tour or Golf Outing. Featured Speaker Will Aitchison will discuss negotiations, critical […]