SNOW HILL– A local law enforcement organization is seeking collective bargaining for deputies in the Worcester County Sheriff’s Office.
Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) Lodge 50 sent the Worcester County Commissioners a letter in January requesting their support for the lodge’s efforts to obtain collective bargaining with binding arbitration. Bryn Blackburn, president of the lodge, said the group has received no reply from the county.
“We will keep pushing for this,” Blackburn said. “We’re hoping the county commissioners will back us.”
Blackburn, who joined the Worcester County Sheriff’s Office nearly five years ago after working in Baltimore County, said FOP Lodge 50 has been looking into collective bargaining for years. He said members had voted to pursue it now in an effort to get better pay, better benefits and better working conditions.
“Right now, the way things are with law enforcement and the changes the legislature has done, taking away the Law Enforcement Officers Bill of Rights and creating the police accountability board, labor contracts are important to help us deal with new regulations and laws,” Blackburn said. “This isn’t strictly about better benefits and better pay. We can negotiate for better working conditions also.”
even our police are becoming WOKE with socialist unions….never thought I’d see the day…..
Police unions aren’t actual labor unions. They’re only for circling the wagons and protecting cops from any consequences when they break the law.
The people are struggling and this will force a huge tax increase on the working poor enough is enough public servants shouldn’t be made rich off our backs
No wonder 11:15. Look where their president is from. Explains a lot
Maybe they should include some classes to teach most of them how to obey the speed limit.
Collective Bargaining what a joke that is! Just another FOP Union ploy to take the members money$$$$$$ All talk and No do!!