Do you love coffee as much as we do? As POAM keeps battling upcoming legislation that will threaten our bargaining abilities as well as public employee pensions on all fronts, we need our members to a...
We support the recommendations of the Governor’s task force report on Responsible Retirement Reform which was issued in July. The recommendations were unanimously approved by ALL task force me...
In November, U.S. House Leadership unveiled their proposal to overhaul the U.S. tax code, a major legislative priority for Congressional Leaders and the White House. The House Ways and Means Committee...
Urgent Legislative Update Via POAM Legislative Director, Kenneth E. Grabowski The Michigan legislature continues to look at legislative changes to Other Post-Employment Benefits (OPEB) and pension ben...
Many public safety professionals such as police and firefighters do not receive social security because the governmental entity they worked for opted out. As a result, police and firefighter retirees ...
Legislation that would allow corporations, nonprofits and other entities to set up their own policing agencies came under heavy criticism Tuesday from a variety of law enforcement groups at the Senate...
This legislation is authorization to create a private police force. These “private” law enforcement personnel can be hired by governments. There is no prohibition against eliminating an existing ...
Congress returned from its annual August recess on Monday, September 5, 2017. In the first week, President Trump and lawmakers reached agreement on a debt-limit and Hurricane Harvey aid package.
POAM’s Priorities this Fall Starting September 6, the Michigan legislature will reconvene for its fall legislative session. POAM’s top legislative priority will remain protecting the collectiv...