Sentences with phrase «fight over a pension»

The state Comptroller has largely sided with the unions in the fight over a pension reform package approved in all night session March 15th.

Not exact matches

And the fight for decent pension provision for everyone is not yet over.

The authority and the workers are fighting over differences in base pay, health care costs and contributions to pensions for future workers.

The latest was Cuomo's statement to the Associated Press that he stands with the police and firefighter unions in their fight with the de Blasio administration over pension costs.

«I've kept my promise to fight for Long Island by voting over 175 times against raising taxes, delivering a $ 20 million increase in aid for South Shore schools, and passed a plan to prevent corrupt pols from receiving taxpayer funded pensions.

«That's why I've voted over 175 against tax increases, passed a plan to strip convicted politicians of their pensions, delivered a $ 4 billion middle class tax cut, and fought for an additional $ 20 million in funding for South Shore schools.

The distinction in disability pensions was created by former governor David Paterson as a cost - saving measure in 2009, and has become a flashpoint in a broader feud between de Blasio and the city's police and fire unions — one that Cuomo has seized on as he and the mayor fight over a host of other issues.

A fight over disability pension benefits escalated on Friday, with the de Blasio administration defending its proposal and police and fire unions and members of the City Council claiming it short - changes uniformed workers, forcing them to choose between a better line - of - duty pension or a higher cost - of - living increase after retirement.

The union's repeated threats to strike over pay and pension issues in recent weeks have evolved into a labor - led fight against Rauner's anti-union agenda, and a call for new revenue amid a state budget impasse that has jeopardized social service programs and public universities.

This fight over teacher pension funding raises an important philosophical question: Does money spent on teacher retirement count as education funding?

So the unions» fights over pay raises and pensions, he said, made previously routine negotiations «look like pigs at the trough.»