Sentences with phrase «employee wage freezes»

While Governor - elect Andrew Cuomo is a Democrat, he ran on a fiscally conservative platform that had more in keeping with the Senate Republicans» interests — property tax cap, public employee wage freeze, spending reductions — than the majority of Democrats (particularly those who hail from downstate) in the Senate and Assembly conferences.

It might be tough for them to do so, especially if they're holding out hope of landing the Working Families Party line, since Cuomo's agenda includes a number of initiatives labor unions dislike — including the tax cap and a public employee wage freeze.

Not exact matches

First, Ontario Conservative leader Tim Hudak builds his whole campaign around a promise to create one million new jobs in Ontario over eight years, then one of his first campaign commitments threats  is to reduce the number of Ontario government employees by 100,000, together with a wage freeze for every -LSB-...]

Donohue has been very outspoken during this budget battle, issuing some memorable zingers directed at Gov. David Paterson in response to the governor's efforts to get the public employee unions to agree to concessions such as furloughs or a wage freeze that he says would help close the budget deficit.

PEF President Ken Brynien offered conditional support for Cuomo's proposed wage freeze for public employees.

About 170,000 and 80,000 children will fall below the MIS due to slow wage growth, and the pay freeze and cap for public employees, respectively.

During an appearance on «Capital Tonight» last night, the Empire Center's EJ McMahon suggested there's a disconnect between the leaders of the state employee unions and their members and speculated that most of the rank and file would actually prefer a wage freeze over furloughs.

Souring the perception of Martins is the strange odor coming from a scheme by Deputy County Executive Rob Walker to award the county's Civil Service Employees Association $ 5 million of the $ 10 million in pay it claims it's owed in the aftermath of a wage freeze, and a guarantee of no layoffs in 2018.

Levy went on to note that a number of the cost - saving measures Paterson says he supports, including the property tax cap and wage freeze for state employees (or, alternatively, layoffs), were not included in the governor's proposed budget.

Nassau's financial control board is objecting to proposed state legislation that would allow the county's union employees to get contractual step increases — salary hikes based on years in the job — even during a wage freeze.

The average pay hike exceeded contractual raises for Nassau's union employees negotiated under labor deals reached in 2014 after a three - year wage freeze.

«Upon lifting the wage freeze we took the opportunity to re-evaluate some employees» salaries and made increases where it was deemed appropriate or when someone had taken on new responsibilities,» she said.

With New York facing a similarly large $ 10 billion deficit in early 2011, the new governor locked in a three - year wage freeze on base salaries for 66,000 members of the Civil Service Employees Association.

The governor negotiated a contract with the Public Employees Federation that included a three - year wage freeze and furlough days, along with givebacks for health care.

As I wrote in my DN column this morning, the teachers and the public employee unions aren't sold on Cuomo — largely due to proposals that are unpopular with the leadership like spending and property tax caps, wage freezes and support for charter schools.

A state appeals court ruled that Nassau's financial control board has the authority to suspend contractual pay increases for county employees, and dismissed union challenges to a three - year wage freeze that ended in 2014.

This is hardly surprising, but it's also worth noting that the WFP has agreed to embrace Cuomo's «New NY Agenda» — a condition laid out by the AG in order for him to accept the party's nod — which includes a property tax cap, creation of another pension tier and a wage freeze for public employees, among other proposals of which many unions (mostly the progressive and public sector types) aren't fond.

In an interview with The Wall Street Journal on Thursday, Kenneth Brynien, the president of the Public Employees Federation, said his group would support wage freezes for state employees provided that they are implemented «across the boarEmployees Federation, said his group would support wage freezes for state employees provided that they are implemented «across the boaremployees provided that they are implemented «across the board.»

A uniformed - union leader who's since retired once recalled an early conversation with Governor Cuomo about what was in store for public employees at a time when Mr. Cuomo was leaning on state - employee unions to accept a three - year wage freeze and sizable increases in their health - care premiums.

The public employees unions are fighting Paterson's furlough plan in court and reacted very negatively to his call for a wage freeze.

Some suspected what Cuomo really wanted was to weaken the WFP, which did not agree with some key elements of his 2010 platform - including a state employee pay wage freeze and the property tax cap.

Connecticut state employees could receive four years of full job security if they agree to concessions such as a two - year wage freeze, three furlough days and higher insurance premiums and pension contributions.

This wage freeze has been extremely painful for the lowest - paid employees of Nassau.»

NIFA can impose a wage freeze, cut staff and reopen contracts with county employees.

NYSUT is big enough so that its active «no» vote on Cuomo would make it difficult for him to hit the threshold necessary to get the AFL endorsement, especially if the public employee unions, which are not pleased with the AG's proposed wage freeze and other parts of his «New NY Agenda» plan, also decided to oppose him.

While the plan called for a cut of 5.5 percent to education, dropping per - pupil funding by $ 550, funding limits could be offset at the district level by increased employee contributions to health care and pension programs, and by giving local school districts other tools such as wage freezes and adjustments in salary schedules.

Over the past several budget years we have asked employees and unions for wage freezes or wage concessions and more than half of our staff has taken these.

By adopting a corporate philosophy of including employees in decision - making, they will be more likely to accept wage freezes and other cuts, says Holland.