Sentences with phrase «defend public workers»

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?

But by leaping in to defend public workers, the president risks alienating swing voters in those states and nationwide who are sympathetic to GOP governors perceived as taking on special interests to cut spending.

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«As a public interest lawyer, Eric defended reproductive health clinic workers,» the senator wrote.

Under the new legislation, the details of which are being revealed today, it will be virtually impossible for workers in the public sector to ever again organise industrial action to defend their pay and conditions.

We are in it together with public sector workers, students and pensioners defending everything we have fought for for generations.

Solidarity with workers taking action to defend jobs, conditions, pensions, public services and trade unions.

Faced with devastating budget cuts from Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and a deeply hostile electorate, New York's most influential public - employee unions have unexpectedly shifted their strategy for defending cherished government programs and worker benefits.

The spontaneous chanting followed a speech by Mark Serwotka, general secretary of the Public and Commercial Services Union, who urged public sector workers to «stand together to defend every job and every service&rPublic and Commercial Services Union, who urged public sector workers to «stand together to defend every job and every service&rpublic sector workers to «stand together to defend every job and every service».

Defending public services and the workers who provide them is a worldwide challenge, and the AFT is standing with allies around the globe to maintain those services and the rights of public employees.

As senator, she fought for education funding and workers» rights, and she defended public service workers who came to our nation's defense on Sept. 11.

If an employee reasonably believes that illegal discrimination occurred, the EEOC will vigorously defend that worker's right to raise the issue, whether they do so by filing a charge with our agency, notifying company management or posting in a public arena such as Glassdoor.com.»