Sentences with phrase «about state worker»

PEF president Ken Brynien, left, and CSEA president Danny Donohue, right, speak during a news conference about state worker layoffs on Wednesday, April 8, 2009, at PEF Headquarters in Latham, N.Y. (Cindy Schultz / Times Union)

So, don't preach to me about state workers living high off the hog, Smith.

I don't «whine» about state workers or their pensions.

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«It's really about calculating the cost of hiring new workers to the business,» says John Sullivan, former chief talent officer for Agilent Technologies and a professor of management at San Francisco State University.

Aaron Lamstein was totally up - front about the fact that he can't vouch for every condition under which workers manufacture his products, since the factories he uses are spread out across the United States, nor can he claim that all the components that accompany WorldWise's goods are recycled or organic.

When the media discusses the problems plaguing Canadian business, we typically talk about the fluctuating loonie, soft demand from the United States and Europe, bureaucratic red tape and a mismatch between open jobs and worker skills.

By contrast, states such as Connecticut and California mandate that even entry - level workers receive about $ 10 an hour, while cities and, increasingly, states such as Illinois and New York are phasing in a new minimum wage of $ 15 an hour.

«The fact is that Trump has had the opportunity to bring jobs to Americans, and he's chosen to outsource them,» said Larry Brown, legislative and political director for the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers District Lodge 751, which represents about 32,000 workers in the state, mostly at Workers District Lodge 751, which represents about 32,000 workers in the state, mostly at workers in the state, mostly at Boeing.

«As the President indicated in his June 1 announcement and subsequently, he is open to re-engaging in the Paris Agreement if the United States can identify terms that are more favorable to it, its businesses, its workers, its people, and its taxpayers,» the State Department said in its press release about the formal notice of withdrawal.

That's important because LGBT workers, including those working for Exxon, can be fired in about 30 states for their sexual orientation and expression.

That raises doubts about a key argument for proponents of federal immigration reform: that companies need looser rules to import overseas workers because there aren't enough job candidates in the United States who can fill specialized skills, namely in science, technology and engineering.

Many of those new workers came from out of state, contributing to North Carolina's net annual influx of about 46,000 college degree holders.

«The fact is, what the 40 - year - old state worker should be concerned about right now is getting reform, because if they just put their heads in the sand, then we will have a Detroit - like problem in New Jersey, in Illinois, in California, and lots of other states across this country,» he said.

The company said individual cases about worker classification in at least five other states, including Georgia, Pennsylvania and Texas, have resulted in rulings that categorize drivers as contractors.

Beyond the actual gas project and LNG sales, China's state - run shipping conglomerate COSCO has also secured a 50 percent stake in the four LNG shipping carriers serving Yamal.90 Chinese engineers and workers have been deployed to the Yamal Peninsula to help construct surrounding infrastructure, which includes a Chinese - produced polar drilling rig.91 Moreover, a Chinese oil and gas rig producer now provides Russia with about 60 percent of its imported oil rig supplies, indicating that China is becoming a dominant player in this sphere.92 Chinese media recently hailed Yamal as an example of China's construction and engineering prowess and a symbol of its transformation into an Arctic player.93 In return for China stepping into support the project, senior officials from Novatek, the main shareholder of the project, announced that the first LNG shipment would symbolically go to China.94 But a British subsidiary of Malaysia's Petronas purchased the first shipment of Yamal LNG and sold it to France's Engie, which then shipped the cargo to its Boston import facility for American use.95 Western sanctions on Novatek, Russia's largest independent national gas producer and a company with close ties to the Kremlin, made Yamal's pivot to China possible, as sanctions forced Russia to find an alternative source of investment and technology.

In the United States last year, close to 20 percent of private - sector employees owned stock, and 7 percent held stock options, in the companies where they worked, while about one - third participated in some kind of cash profit - sharing and one - fourth in gain - sharing (when workers get additional compensation based on improvement on a metric other than profits, like sales or customer satisfaction).

Tesla workers complained to state lawmakers about the electric vehicle maker's confidentiality policy, saying it is overly broad and restricted workers from talking freely about safety and workplace issues.

The tunnel breach detected in Hanford Nuclear Reservation in the United States has triggered concerns about radiation hazards, and workers have been alerted.

Utah social workers have been quoted as being «blackly pessimistic» about the problem in their state.

I traveled from the states with about 90 other musicians, medical professionals, IT geniuses and childcare workers to facilitate a conference for missionaries from all over Southeast Asia.

That struggle entered one of its critical stages in the summer of 1964 when young black civil rights workers in Mississippi, aided by about 800 white college students from the North, tried to bring blacks in the Magnolia state to a new level of political and social awareness.

That struggle entered one of its critical stages in the summer of 1964 when young black civil rights workers in Mississippi, aided by about 800 white college students from the North, tried to bring blacks in the Magnolia state...

While about one in 10 American workers, or 13 million people, are self - employed, they hold 37 percent of all wealth in the United States.

The welfare state brings about an expansion of government power into ever more areas of social life, with government bureaucrats and governmentally authorized social workers peeking and poking into every nook and cranny of the lives of individuals.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported in 2002 that the average annual wages for all United States workers is about $ 37,000.

Today, about 18,000 skilled workers are employed by glass container manufacturing companies across 48 plants in 22 states.

Communications Workers Union state secretaries, including national secretary Greg Rayner, told Australia Post CEO Christine Holgate last Thursday the union was «deeply concerned» about revelations of «seemingly systemic misconduct» at AMP.

It's about the Fair Labor Standards Act, a lawsuit in the state of California, and how to shoehorn an entirely irregular industry into a framework designed to help the typical American worker.

In 2009, Bellingham Public Schools in Washington state brought together a coalition of district employees, parents, students, foodservice workers, community organizations and food advocates to talk about school food.

In addition, the WHO Code states that it is the responsibility of health workers to advise mothers on infant feeding — first and foremost by encouraging and protecting breastfeeding, secondly to inform the mother about appropriate alternatives (advantages and disadvantages) which include instructions on how to prepare infant formula in a correct way.

We offer free trainings to state child welfare workers on how to have a transparent conversation with moms before their child is removed about all of their options: parenting, reunification, a state adoption or proactively planning an open adoption.

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.»

DiNapoli said his office also has questions about the timing of the governor's plan to raise the hourly minimum wage of state workers $ 15 an hour in order to set an example for his push for a statewide hike to that level.

«As a state worker, and I believe I speak for most of us, I don't believe we would be as up in arms about negotiations if we saw that Gov. Paterson and our legislators were doing their best to also reduce their salaries, their perks, their staffing patterns and to get their job done, by passing a budget.»

Mayer's GOP state Senate race opponent, Julie Killian, charged that a campaign worker for Mayer posted vile and hateful tweets about cops.

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.

In an interview with public radio, the Speaker also expressed reservations about Governor Cuomo's plan to offer an option of 401 k retirement plans for future state workers.

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.

CSEA is New York's largest state workers union with about 60,000 mostly blue collar workers, has been without a contract since their last agreement expired at the end of March 2016.

«They labor under harsh conditions from sun - up to sun - down to feed all of us, yet they lack the basic protections and rights afforded to just about every other worker in this state.

And it dates that far back because so many workers were being killed and maimed on construction sites that even in an age when that was the norm, lawmakers in the state at the time realized something had to be done about it.

The measure will save the state's approximately 500,000 unionized workers about $ 70 a year each — and cost the state $ 35 million in tax revenue.

While DiNapoli raised concerns about the mechanics of the deal, Albany officials fretted over the future of the 330 - acre campus, which hosts roughly 6,000 state workers.

I also asked Heastie if he's concerned about the governor's increased reliance of late on his executive powers to circumvent the Legislature on key policy issues like a minimum wage increase for the state's fast food workers and creation of a special prosecutor to handle cases in which unarmed civilians die at the hands of law enforcement officers.

Plus, tipped workers speak out about the state's minimum wage.

Adedayo Adeneye, Commissioner for Information & Strategy in Ogun State has announced that all the workers numbering about 16 who were involved in the Itoku building collapse in Abeokuta, the capital of Ogun state on Thursday have been resState has announced that all the workers numbering about 16 who were involved in the Itoku building collapse in Abeokuta, the capital of Ogun state on Thursday have been resstate on Thursday have been rescued.

He knows how to appeal to the anger there is, especially among ethnic blue - collar workers about the state of the economy and playing outer borough against Manhattan.

The Director General maintained that government is currently training about 60 health workers in all the 20 LGAs of the state to curb the cases of Lassa Fever.

She already has support from three influential labor unions — the Communications Workers of America, the New York State Nurses Association and the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union — whose local leaders joined her on stage, along with about half a dozen City Council members.

He seemed to have missed the memo that Gov. Cuomo is struggling to close a $ 10 billion budget gap and THIS TIME IS SERIOUS about laying off state workers and, among other things, slashing school and Medicaid funding.