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    Op-ed / Commentary ● Labor Unions

    Opinion: Retirement Board, city unions prioritize members over taxpayers

    June 23, 2026 // It was ironic. Some of the same union members that Lang could have legally laid off but instead saved their jobs by slightly reducing their pay, those same folks turned around and sued him. “Rocking-chair money,” Lang called the wages that the city workers demanded for not working.

    AFSCME bankrupt clerical workers COLA federal government firefighter furlough Great Recession job protection laid off lawsuit Massachusetts New Bedford New Bedford Firefighters Association pay cut police Public Safety officers retirement system saved taxpayers