Brynien represents what people hate
about public unions.
Not exact matches
The
public sector
union says it will tear up the pay offer it is
about to put to members and go after the State Government for more money if Premier Mark McGowan caves in to police.
An advocate for a local teachers
union also expressed concern to the New York Times Magazine
about the quality of the education, arguing Bridge focuses less on getting poor students to the baseline as enticing
public school students to switch to Bridge schools.
There are particular questions here
about the fate of
union workers whose pay and benefits are set by multi-year collective bargaining agreements and
public sector workers whose pay is set by law.
«When I first learned
about the composition of this committee I was quite taken aback,» said Larry Brown, President of the National
Union of
Public and General Employees (NUPGE).
Yet our government would have us agree to sweeping economic agreements like CETA and the TPP without providing us any facts at all, just empty slogans
about how wonderful things will be after we sign on,» says Larry Brown, national secretary - treasurer of the National
Union of
Public and General Employees and co-chair of the Trade Justice Network.
In many respects, the New Deal was less
about income redistribution than
about the recognition of «group rights» benefitting these cultural challengers, a recognition embedded in such policies as the fostering of labor
unions,
public works programs, and social insurance.
What conservatives and libertarians are most animated
about nowadays is the abuse of
public - good authority, particularly as such authority has been misused for a very long time to tax and spend, not generally on
public goods like defense but on wealth - transfer programs, such as social security, Medicare and Medicaid, and other entitlements — the kinds of programs, in other words, that have effectively bankrupted Greece, are threatening to bankrupt several other European nations, and are undermining the European Monetary
Union.
With the publication of an Associated Press article regarding the CPSC government warning on baby slings and the Consumers
Union's concerns
about «bag - style» slings, the companies co-sponsoring this release are taking a stand to help educate the
public on the differences between safe vs. unsafe baby slings and carriers as detailed below.
CSEA, the state's largest
public - workers
union, announced it would suspend its backing of state lawmakers in order to «re-evaluate our political relationships and make judgments
about the criteria.»
The
union will seek to build momentum against the changes after criticism from the Commons»
public administration committee last month, which described the changes as rushed and said they would not bring
about «significant cost savings».
Ministers are being urged by
unions to give
public sector in - house bids equal consideration as firms gather in London to hear
about the next round of possible privatisations.
At its meeting today (14) the
Public and Commercial Services
union's national executive committee agreed the following statement
about the ongoing phone hacking scandal engulfing News International:
Like Thatcherism, Sarkozyism was deeply anxious
about national decline, decline caused by restrictive labour practices, high taxes, uncompetitiveness, powerful trade
unions and a bloated
public sector.
The head of the European
Union delegation, Marietje Schaake, said her team had seen no signs of «centralised or localised manipulation» of the voting process but that there were concerns
about the misuse of
public funds at local and national levels by all parties.
Donohue, who heads the second largest state workers
union in New York, is a tough - talking sort, and has never been shy
about expressing his opinions
about the governor in
public, particularly when he feels his members are getting the short end of the stick.
Commenting on reports of the announcements the Prime Minister will make at a Downing Street Summit today
about action proposed to be taken against certain
public service workers, including teachers, who fail to report sexual abuse of children and young people, Chris Keates General Secretary of the NASUWT the largest teachers»
union in the UK said: «No one can fail but to be shocked by the horrific abuse of young girls revealed by recent investigations, including the Report today on Oxfordshire.
Although they haven't been anywhere near as
public about it as their colleagues at CSEA, officials at the statewide teachers
union, NYSUT, have also quietly turned off the campaign cash spigot and is reassessing its contribution habits for everyone from Gov. Andrew Cuomo on down following the passage of Tier VI.
After a lacklustre speech
about the need to create a stakeholding meritocracy, he made a quiet approach to the
unions for a Warwick - style agreement — this was due to be a very
public making up, and was scheduled for the new year.
Providing funding in the Executive Budget would prove to New Yorkers, who have waited long enough for simple voting reforms, the Governor is serious
about implementing early voting in New York State,» said Ethan Geringer - Sameth,
Public Policy and Program Manager for Citizens
Union.
The
union representing Metro Bus drivers and mechanics says it wants the
public and the Governor to know members are «very frustrated»
about the lack of a contract after eight years of negotiations, and have «no confidence» in the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority's Executive Director to reach an agreement on their behalf.
The contract comes
about seven months after New York's second - largest state worker
union, the white collar
Public Employees Federation, reached its own three - year deal with 2 percent annual raises, no increases in negotiated health - care premium sharing and no givebacks.
Green Party of New York Gubernatorial candidate Howie Hawkins talks
about key campaign issue and introduces Lee, a
public school teacher and
union activist, who discusses the importance of Education to the campaign.
Pictured, Venditto supporters — most of whom are construction
union members — held signs, applauded and shouted insults at
public speakers who questioned Venditto
about the town's concessions deals with Singh at a town board meeting on Sept. 29, 2015 at Oyster Bay Town Hall.
A
public employees
Union is like just
about any other
Union except that the corporation is just a whole lot bigger and has a lot more shareholders.
With such a wide swing in poll results, I am loathe to draw any conclusions
about public perception of
unions versus corporate tax breaks.
Jeffrey R. Gural, the chairman of Newmark Knight Frank and the owner of two upstate racinos that are members of the New York Gaming Association, said he had contributed
about $ 200,000 last year to the committee, chiefly because he supported Mr. Cuomo's agenda and shared the governor's view that
public employees
unions had grown too powerful in Albany.
And
public unions such as teacher's
unions don't just extract money from the state they do labor too (like teaching our kids), and, like other
unions, they unionize to negotiate for better compensation and look out for their own interests, like just
about every
union out there does.
Public Housing Committee Chair Ritchie Torres was joined by several colleagues and
union officials in complaining
about the supposed «privatization» of services that the mayor's plan would entail.
Dick Dadey of Citizens
Union said revelations by Thompson's mom
about his deteriorated mental state in his final three months made it «important for the
public to know how prosecutorial decisions were made during this period.»
The reality is that creation of a
public campaign finance system — an issue of utmost importance this legislative session to the activist faction of the WFP — is not actually all that important to many labor
unions, which care more
about job creation, wages and benefits.
Following the submission today of the NASUWT response to the Department for Education consultation on «Proposed Increases to Contributions for Members of the Teachers» Pension Scheme», Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers»
union in the UK, said: «The Coalition Government should tell the
public the truth
about why it is seeking to raid the pensions of millions of ordinary
public service workers and why it is taxing
public sector workers who are acting responsibly by trying to save for their retirement.
The fact is that the European
Union issue is more important than any of that, because it's about the decision of whether you want your laws made in Brussels and that march towards ever - closer union, or whether you want our country to make its own laws, our politicians to make the laws in this country, for us to be able to determine our immigration policy, to decide how we're spending our public m
Union issue is more important than any of that, because it's
about the decision of whether you want your laws made in Brussels and that march towards ever - closer
union, or whether you want our country to make its own laws, our politicians to make the laws in this country, for us to be able to determine our immigration policy, to decide how we're spending our public m
union, or whether you want our country to make its own laws, our politicians to make the laws in this country, for us to be able to determine our immigration policy, to decide how we're spending our
public money.
«The government has ignored the CJEU's [court of justice at the European
Union] ruling and denied the
public a proper parliamentary debate
about a law that will violate our human rights,» executive director Jim Killock said.
But although Cuomo has railed against he belief that the
public education system has grown to become more
about protecting the administrative bureaucracy and less
about educating kids, the focus of his wrath has been the teachers
unions and not — so far, anyway — superintendents, who I'm sure are breathing a sigh of relief.
Dick Dadey, executive director of the ethics reform group Citizens
Union, said he had heard «nothing»
about the review panel's activities — including whether it would be scheduling
public hearings — despite numerous queries.
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker says he spoke with Vice President Mike Pence
about how the White House can implement pieces of the Republican governor's contentious policy that all - but eliminated
public sector
unions in the state.
ALBANY, NY (09/16/2013)(readMedia)-- Susan Kent, president of the New York State
Public Employees Federation (PEF), will testify before a joint Assembly and Senate Standing Committees on the
union's concern and solutions
about the governor's plans for the state Office of Mental Health and Office of People with Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD).
If there were perfect overlap between those employees who have chosen to be refunded a portion of their payments, and those who would elect to keep the entirety of their
union payments if Janus were decided for the plaintiffs, that might mean that
public employee
unions would lose
about $ 112 million of the $ 862 million they collect each year.
parents, students, teachers and other district workers rallied Tuesday morning to counter the U.S. education secretary's recent testimony
about public schools.Local teachers
union president Annie Irvine...
Susan Kent, president of the New York State
Public Employees Federation (PEF), will testify before a joint Assembly and Senate Standing Committees on the
union's concern and solutions
about the governor's plans for the state Office of Mental Health and Office of People with Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD).
Paladino was protecting the
public's interest when he disclosed in a newspaper story secret details
about contract talks with the Buffalo teacher's
union — information he received during School Board's confidential executive session, his attorney said.
It was later revealed several
public employee
unions had come forward to raise questions
about how the amendment could impact their leadership.
About 280,000 civil servants will be balloted on strike action today as the
Public and Commercial Services (PCS)
union protests against job losses and outsourcing.
PEF, a
union of mostly white - collar workers, represents
about 55,000 members and is the second - largest
public workers
union in the state.
The future of thousands of disabled workers» jobs hangs in the balance as
unions representing Remploy workers rally to urge Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Peter Hain «not to fail disabled workers» at the last
public event before he is expected to make a decision
about the future of Remploy.
In the weeks before the Poussin incident the
Public and Commercial Services
union (PCS) had repeatedly complained
about cuts to the numbers of security staff at the London venue.
Today's (5) Office for National Statistics report
about pay in the
public and private sectors is so flawed it is rendered meaningless, the Public and Commercial Services union
public and private sectors is so flawed it is rendered meaningless, the
Public and Commercial Services union
Public and Commercial Services
union says.
At 12:30, Rep. Tonko will address a group of 100 engineering students and faculty members
about his background as an engineer and how he applies his training to his current job in
public service, then conduct a short Q&A session with students, Olin Building Atrium
Union College, 807
Union Street, Schenectady.
I will challenge Nigel Farage to a
public, open debate
about whether we should be in or out of the European
Union,» Clegg said during his weekly phone - in show on LBC this morning.