For the state government alone,
pay hikes
guaranteed by the Triborough
Amendment have cost $ 140 million a year, even after Governor Andrew Cuomo negotiated a wage «freeze» with state unions.
The effect of the Triborough
Amendment is significant: Edmund J. McMahon, senior fellow at the Empire Center for New York State Policy, a conservative research group, has estimated that longevity - based pay increases for teachers, guaranteed by the amendment even after contracts expire, add $ 300 million to school budgets
Amendment is significant: Edmund J. McMahon, senior fellow at the Empire Center for New York State Policy, a conservative research group, has estimated that longevity - based
pay increases for teachers,
guaranteed by the
amendment even after contracts expire, add $ 300 million to school budgets
amendment even after contracts expire, add $ 300 million to school budgets annually.
Womens Equality Day, the 19th
Amendment (which
guaranteed a womans right to vote), and the Equal
Pay Act are all early steps that have led to shaping gender equality in todays work force.