Sentences with phrase «attacking public workers»

By attacking public workers, they can demonize «big labor» and «big government» at the same time, while deflecting attention from the more logical target of Middle America's rage: the irresponsible Wall Street traders, whose risky, high - profit business practices brought down the economy, and the lax regulators who let them get away with it.

Not exact matches

I blogged recently about the likely pending attack on public service workers.

Ms. Redford quickly proved those believers wrong with deep funding cuts to colleges and universities and attacks on public sector workers and their collective bargaining rights.

The Liberals have been pushing their right - wing agenda for the past twelve years: privatizing and contracting out, slashing corporate taxes so they're now the lowest in Canada, dismantling the social safety net and environmental standards regulations in BC, and attacking public sector workers.

It also directly attacked my freedom to serve the public as an explicitly Catholic social worker.

«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.

UFT President Michael Mulgrew told the Dec. 14 Delegate Assembly that education secretary nominee Betsy DeVos has spent her entire life «attacking public education and workers» rights.»

In every area, the left has attempted to portray the case for reform as an attack on public sector workers.

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.

Workers from the Private Sector, Public Sector, and Building Trades will discuss their solidarity, and how they are standing together in opposition to attacks on middle class workers and their Workers from the Private Sector, Public Sector, and Building Trades will discuss their solidarity, and how they are standing together in opposition to attacks on middle class workers and their workers and their values.

Teachers at the Annual Conference of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union in the UK, have condemned the Coalition Government's attacks on the pay of public sector workers, which has seen teachers» pay cut by almost 15 %.

Pay freezes and below - inflation pay rises have reduced public sector workers» pay by 20 % since the coalition came to power in 2010, public sector pensions have been attacked and public services have been slashed across the country.

He was stuck on repeat (literally) attacking public sector workers driven to strike by the government, leaving it to PCS leader Mark Serwotka and the BBC's Evan Davis to shred Francis Maude's fatally flawed arguments.

Threats to national pay structures are yet another unjustified attack on public sector workers and will hit spending power hard in the poorest areas of the country.

«Rather than finding more and more ways of attacking and penalising public service workers, time and energy should be spent on pressing the Coalition to clear up the economic mess.»

He was stuck on repeat (literally) attacking public sector workers driven to strike by the government, leaving it to PCS leader Mark Serwotka and the BBC's -LSB-...]

Mr Barber's latest attack on the government comes as his organisation prepares for the «TUC Day of Action» on November 30th when up to three million workers will take part in stoppages, meetings and rallies in protest over the government's decision to cut public sector pensions.

But the horrible attack also made Americans pause to recognize the daily heroic efforts of our public servants — including our firefighters, police officers, transit workers, and teachers!

Authors David Madland and Alex Rowell urge policymakers to heed Wisconsin's warning — attacks on public - sector workers are harmful for states.

In her keynote to more than 3,500 delegates, Weingarten outlined the coordinated attack facing working people, unions, public education and public services — by those who starve public institutions, criticize public institutions, demonize workers and unions, marginalize those who fight back, and peddle private alternatives.

«People did not elect Governor Walker to undermine public education, but that's exactly what this attack on workers» rights does,» Wisconsin Education Association Council President Mary Bell said, her voice cracking with emotion, during a press conference.

A colleague says she was «very distraught» over Gov. Scott Walker's attacks on public sector workers and public education.

Did Arne Duncan go to Wisconsin to defend the public workers when Scott Walker was taking away all their collective bargaining rights and attacking the unions?

Attacks on public workers» collective bargaining rights have made headlines across the country, but perhaps nowhere has the issue been so hotly contested as when it comes to the rights of public school teachers.

This attack has been a bipartisan effort aimed mainly at teachers, the largest section of organized labor, but this attack extends to all public sector workers.

Despite what the Conservatives have always maintained, public services are not inherently inefficient, but years of so - called reforms, continuous restructuring and top - down interference, combined with virulent attacks on public sector workers, have seriously damaged morale in the sector and virtually destroyed a vital public service ethos.

From the Harper government's attacks on workers and our environment, to Charest's attacks on students and Law 78's attack on the public's right to protest, now is the time to unite.