Sentences with phrase «about pension cuts»

Thousands of teachers, lecturers and support staff will be visiting Parliament tomorrow (Wednesday, 26 October) to lobby their MPs about pension cuts in the education sector.

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So if you're already 52 years old, and you're expecting a nice government pension that's inflation adjusted, and you expect Social Security, and you have to worry less about, say, Social Security cuts for example.

No - one really wanted to set out where the cuts will hit, and we had diversionary tactics such as talking about public sector pensions for the few very well paid public sector staff that won't make any real contribution to reducing the deficit.

Labour's shadow work and pensions secretary Rachel Reeves said millions of working families would lose money if the reports were true and urged Cameron to «come clean with the public about their plans to cut child benefit and child tax credits».

The news comes as the union is considering holding a ballot for national industrial action over cuts to jobs and pensions, and talking to other unions about co-ordinated action.

Speaking in the debate about the party's policy document, A Fresh Start for Britain, the work and pensions spokesman, Steve Webb, said talk by Clegg of «savage cuts» in the recession was needlessly gloomy.

WAMC's David Guistina talks with Mike Spain of the Times Union about thousands of teamsters avoiding a pension cut, the jury selection process in the trial of UAlbany students accused of making up allegations of being the targets of a racist attack on a CDTA bus, and the tragic story of a boat and the death of an eight - year - old girl.

The UFT set out its 2011 legislative priorities [http://files.uft.org/priorities.pdf] in a document that sought to bust the myths about generous public employee pensions and pointed out how any progress that schools have made will be erased by more cuts.

Labour says the cut will affect more working families than those who are out of work but the Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan - Smith argues the changes are about fairness to taxpayers.

Cuomo's idea, which requires approval by the state Legislature, would cut about $ 12 million off Syracuse's anticipated $ 30 million pension bill in February 2014, the governor's office estimated.

Josh McGee, the vice president of public accountability at the Laura and John Arnold Foundation said just last week that, «Pension reform shouldn't be about benefit cuts.

Despite years of fully funding its share of the teacher - pension plan, the proportion of the St. Louis district's budget tied up in paying benefits for its teachers now makes up about 10 percent — a factor that, coupled with other rising costs, is fueling ongoing cuts in this beleaguered district.

Given what he knows about National Insurance and pension costs, he thinks that the right figure for a real - terms cut in funding over the life of the next Parliament from the IFS forecasts is closer to 12 than to seven per cent.

When the California School Boards Association surveyed its members earlier this year, the group found that rising pension costs have already led about half of them to cut programs to help balance their budgets.

Our sober policy analyses have attemped to raise the alarm about how rising pension costs are affecting teachers and students, but perhaps nothing presents it in starker fashion than seeing the potential cuts to school district services.

Right now you're hearing about how companies have gone bankrupt and pensioners are having their pensions cut.

And this is not this is not grumbling from a rich senior but from a fellow forced to take early retirement and about a 25 % cut in company pension and CPP payments.

Today, there are many factors that have the majority of Americans (59 percent) very worried about having enough money for retirement.1 Factors such as a slow - to - recover economy, disappearing pensions, possible Social Security cuts, and the very real possibility of outliving your money.

In response to the news about the budget cut, the Department for Work and Pensions has confirmed that the HSE will ``... consider the recommendations of Lord Young's review and design a streamlined health and safety system that is fit for the 21st century while remaining true to the core principles set out by Lord Robens in 1972».

Today, there are many factors that have the majority of Americans (59 percent) very worried about having enough money for retirement.1 Factors such as a slow - to - recover economy, disappearing pensions, possible Social Security cuts, and the very real possibility of outliving your money.