Sentences with phrase «attacking public employee»

Issues include: increasing the tax on health insurance; attacking public employee pensions by creating a new Tier V; and supporting an irresponsible property tax cap.

Whether it's been attacking public employee pensions, refusing to help New York's unemployed workers, or failing to stand up to the Governor when he shut down hundreds of construction jobs, there is a long line of broken promises and actions in the Senate that have targeted the labor movement.

Not exact matches

«My members are ready and they're out there and there working on positive changes because they're concerned not only about their own jobs and the staffing and the constant attack on government services, but they're concerned with the services themselves and the people who need them,» said Susan Kent, of the Public Employees Federation.

«It is sad to note that elements associated with this current administration attacked public institutions, forced out workers of these institutions and in many instances physically assaulted these lawful employees all in the name of «political takeovers.

A bill passed by Florida lawmakers empowering some personnel in public schools to carry firearms to guard against attacks like last month's massacre near Miami could expose these employees to potentially costly civil lawsuits, legal experts said.

In a joint statement, they attacked the proposal as insufficient and unfair, charging that it leaves longer - serving uniformed public employees with better benefits that more recent hires.

With attacks on employee rights, union strikes, public sector pay, green industry and foreign aid and praise for Thatcher's right to buy, this is all becoming a satisfying event for right - wing Tory backbenchers.

Public employees are being attacked for having strong unions that fight for their rights.

«This is a guy who misused the State Police and public employees in the Troopergate scandal, and he should not be attacking a hardworking and accomplished attorney general.

Earlier this year, the union filed a complaint with the state Department of Labor's Public Employee Safety and Health (PESH) Bureau after discovering that 19 staff at the Taberg Residential Center in Oneida County, including the facility director, were out of work due to severe injuries suffered in attacks by residents there.

Burke's work with public employee unions coincides with his work for Donnelly's campaign for governor, which has repeatedly attacked the unions for excessive salaries and benefits.

ALBANY, NY (03/13/2012)(readMedia)-- Busloads of state employees represented by the New York State Public Employees Federation (PEF) will rally at noon Thursday, March 15, in Albany's West Capitol Park to call on state legislators to hold the line against the governor's attacks on state services and employees represented by the New York State Public Employees Federation (PEF) will rally at noon Thursday, March 15, in Albany's West Capitol Park to call on state legislators to hold the line against the governor's attacks on state services and Employees Federation (PEF) will rally at noon Thursday, March 15, in Albany's West Capitol Park to call on state legislators to hold the line against the governor's attacks on state services and pensions.

«I know that these speeches have at times been used to attack the motives of our public employees,» de Blasio said.

Then, he reverses the cherry picking process, «In fact, a majority of those polled (52 percent) side with teachers unions and educators who have been under attack as a new crop of governors — Wisconsin's Scott Walker, Florida's Rick Scott, New Jersey's Chris Christie, Ohio's John Kasich — declared war on public employees and the middle class.»

Often with the ability to build their own schedules for a change, retired members are picking up pickets and phones to call attention to the misguided attacks on public employees.

Taking his cues from these rich friends, Walker has gone full frontal in his attack on public employees, particularly teacher's unions.The New York Times reporters Patrick Healy and Monica Davey have done a good job of exposing the roots of Walker's anti-unionism in this article.

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He claimed that the attack resulted from the public spotlight on Twitter and relentless efforts by hackers to break into Twitter employee accounts.

High - profile controversies over police shootings, questionable promotions, racial profiling, attacks on law enforcement and race - based incidents have led to an increase in public employees being disciplined for publicly posting commentary deemed offensive or incendiary.

We're fighting because the attacks on affordable access to birth control are just plain bad for all of us: the general public, employees, businesses.