Sentences with phrase «by one's union»

The workers are commonly represented by a union, and the agreements reached by this arrangement set wage scales, working hours, teacher training, etc..
Some observers worried that states that submit strong, reform - minded applications that are not supported by union leaders will not have a chance in the second round.
I realized that 66 cents on every dollar was already accounted for by the union contract, some of which went to pensions.
The increase is based on the average hikes in pay negotiated by unions in the private sector.
The dues paid to the union by its membership help to pay for the cost of activities, education or events engaged in by the union members.
The governor is also facing calls by unions for more school funding and by charter school leaders to raise or eliminate the cap on their privately run, publicly funded institutions.
We are not as well supported by our union as other teams and you don't want to give them any excuse to make things any harder for us.
Much of this is backed by the unions making change difficult.
In our state, the status quo has consistently been led by our union.
Under current law, public employees covered by union contracts are under no obligation to pay for the political activities of their unions.
That does not mean that every argument made by a union has equal merit.
Just one point though — the customers were funded by the union — which is funded by member dues — not the public purse.
It's being endorsed by unions, ed reformers, front - line educators, researchers, and policymakers alike.
This is seen by the union as a union - busting tactic.
Effective communication tactics — used by the unions to water down the recent NHS bill — should be deployed by those who see the need for real welfare reform.
The logic is that all employees benefit from the policies negotiated by the union in collective bargaining, regardless of whether they are members.
The move means the school district will administer the health and welfare fund, which is currently controlled by the union.
But the past two years have witnessed an unprecedented wave of state education reforms, much of it fiercely opposed by the unions.
Additionally, divorcing couples often act without realizing their revenge tactics will also affect any children produced by the union.
A short - term extension, as proposed by the union, with the continued threat of a work disruption will not reverse this severe decline.
The airline has called on the pilots to enter mediation, which has been rejected by their union because it is seeking a better offer from management first as a basis for talks.
I have heard of occasions when an employer has had to shut down operations as a result of high demands by a union.
This assertion is made again and again by union representatives without any explanation.
If this push by the unions leads to more holistic, sophisticated evaluation systems for students and teachers and schools, the whole country will be better off.
This is a 19 percent increase over spending by the union during the 2011 - 2012 fiscal year.
She takes a job at a traditional school, protected by a union contract.
This decision is expected to open the doors to more actions by unions out of events during the economic recession.
But charters are themselves public schools, albeit without the burden of work rules and other constraints imposed by unions and the bureaucracy.
The administration's proposed new code stops short of embracing every piece of the proposals by the unions and education groups and makes no mention of funding.
At issue is whether all the work done by a union is ideological.
The move to leave the party by unions representing building workers and communications workers shows a divide between the party's two main constituencies: unions and liberal activists.
One of the most interesting developments is the more independent role being played by unions.
The rise has been cautiously welcomed by unions who fear it is not enough to head off a teacher recruitment crisis.
It does not, however, have authority over matters governed by a union contract between teachers and a district.
In that case, the court found that governments could not force workers to pay for «ideological» political work by unions that is not related to things like contract negotiations.
Here, that explanation has been given and accepted by the union.
If parents had any complaints about the strike or the contract provisions won by the union, they were relatively few.
Then, facing very challenging proceedings at the tribunal, I still couldn't find a lawyer to assist me, and I had to additionally deal with the appeal launched by the union.
He refuses to believe there is a legitimate reason for the drivers going on strike and instead insists it is a politically motivated move by the unions.
The motion will be put to the conference by the union's early = years sector council, which has been working on the topic for some time.
Much of the language was drafted by the union itself.
The rise has been criticised by a union, but the trust says it has already commissioned a «full and independent governance review».
As I noted yesterday, this will leave the state's education system still in need of reform, but thankfully spared from even further capture by the unions.
Teacher work hours are already strictly regulated by their union.
I was often asked by union clients to give lectures on my specialist subjects, in particular about violence at work.
A number of members declined to take a public position on the issue in order to avoid being targeted by the union or the animal rights activists.
The same claim has been made countless times by union defenders.
Unfortunately, British travellers won't be able to claim any compensation for delays or cancellations caused by the unions, because strike action is considered «extraordinary».
The general strike was called by unions in response to the conservative government's labor reforms, which let companies opt out of collective bargaining agreements and fire workers more cheaply.
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