Sentences with phrase «fighting cuts to budgets»

PCS members at the Equality and Human Right Commission are fighting cuts to budgets and staff that will mean up to 250 of the commission's 400 experienced workers face redundancy, while highly paid management consultants are retained.

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But German deputy foreign minister Michael Link hinted Paris could be fighting a losing battle this time, saying Berlin would continue to press for deeper overall cuts as part of a «modern budget» that prioritises economic growth and competitiveness.

It's important to keep in mind that Congress has just cut funding for SNAP and advocates for child nutrition programs will need to fight to protect current funding in this difficult budget environment.

Of course, the big policy / political fight this week has been the budget / debt ceiling / government shutdown madness, including today's vote in the House to cut SNAP (food stamp) funding and Obamacare implementation.

«These candidates have a proven history of fighting to protect NYC Health + Hospitals against the onslaught of budget cuts coming from Washington.

Cable is leading the fight against further cuts to the welfare budget, but the Treasury also faces opposition from potential Conservative leadership challengers including defence secretary Philip Hammond and environment secretary Owen Paterson.

Governor Cuomo's singular focus on budget cuts is tantamount to fighting with one arm tied behind his back — and that one arm is swinging only in the direction of those communities most in need.

«Inside the government it has been Mandelson who has led the fight against Gordon Brown's instinct to use the budget as a way of pitting «Labour investment» against «Tory cuts».

Obviously, there has been much talk about the political fight that Cuomo and Silver are likely to have over budget cuts, and controversial fiscal policies like a property tax cap.

The unusually high percentage of school budgets that passed yesterday in spite of dire predictions by everyone from Gov. David Paterson on down has become fodder for the teachers union and its allies in the fight to restore $ 1.4 billion worth of education cuts proposed by the governor.

Police chiefs see the row over the riots as a good opportunity to fight back against government plans to cut the police budget.

Unlike the proposals of many recent years, which prompted council members and advocates to march on the steps of City Hall, fighting to halt cuts to city agencies and social services, Mr. de Blasio's preliminary budget is relatively painless.

Mr. Levine praised the mayor for moving away from the «budget dance» process of cutting services only for the council to fight to get them back — but noted some additions made last year, like parks department maintenance workers, had not been baselined this year.

I led the fight to expand this cut to the entire state and it is one piece of the budget that could work for jobs.

«Sen. Jack Martins cut taxes for residents and businesses, passed four balanced, no - tax increase budgets, created jobs, and fought to ensure women receive equal pay.

The younger Vallone, who was first elected to his Astoria City Council seat in 2002, pointed to his time in office tackling local issues like graffiti and fighting cuts to the police department's budget as head of the City Council's Public Safety Committee.

After five years of bitter clashes, Republican congressional leaders and President Obama last night appeared to settle their final budget fight by reaching a tentative deal that would modestly increase spending over the next two years, cut some social programs, and raise the federal borrowing limit.

«New York City had a tremendous amount at stake in this state budget, from dangerous cuts that would have imperiled key city services, to real opportunities to fight inequality and lift up working people,» Mr. de Blasio said in a statement.

Republican leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives are ready to break a hard - fought budget deal with Democrats as they try to quell a revolt by conservatives who are insisting on deeper spending cuts ahead of the November elections.

While the budget cuts began before the current governor, Andrew Cuomo, took office, the group says Cuomo has not done enough to fight for restored funding and more frequent inspections.

GOP budget cuts could hamper efforts to fight an ash - killing Asian beetle, Sen. Chuck Schumer warned.

Nonetheless, he was still not willing to outline alterations to his own budget to compensate for the potential shortfalls — insisting that Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, along with elected officials and activists nationwide, would fight the cuts over the next several months.

Highlighting the stories of area residents who have been directly impacted by past budget cuts, the NYInequality coalition is seeking to persuade local lawmakers to fight back against giving the wealthiest another tax windfall, especially since New York ranks first in the nation for income inequality.

While Mayor Michael Bloombergâ $ ™ s $ 68.7 billion proposed budget poses no threats to teaching positions, the cuts to firehouses, after - school programs and the libraryâ $ ™ s budget have some in Queens rallying for another fight.

Many say they are exhausted from the budget fights and constantly having to explain cuts in state services to their constituents.

-- Corwin launched a radio ad that describes her as a «small businesswoman» and «conservative voice» who will «fight to cut federal spending» and «balance the federal budget» and «protect out Constitutional freedoms by taking on Barack Obama and Nancy Pelosi.»

Senate GOP spokesman Scott Reif argued the Republican conference has fought for and won «conservative - agenda items» like the property tax cap, middle class income tax cut, adherence to 2 percent spending cap in six consecutive budgets, and funding parity for upstate transportation projects.

Funding for Gotbaum's office will be cut by about 40 percent after the City Council reached a budget deal last week — a move that the public advocate called «political payback» for not supporting Speaker Christine Quinn (D - Manhattan) during the fight to extend term limits last fall.

The construction trades unions added their muscle to the fight against budget cuts and layoffs in the public sector when they rallied at Brooklyn's Cadman Plaza and then marched across the Brooklyn Bridge to City Hall in the early afternoon on June 15 in what organizers called a «Solidarity March for the Middle Class.»

And he said the shadow education secretary was taking the fight to the Conservatives as the Office for Budget Responsibility prepares to unveil the growth and borrowing figures that will provide the statistical justification for tax rises and spending cuts in next week's Budget.

The UFT is airing a TV ad to enlist the public's support in the fight to block the catastrophic budget cuts pending in Albany that threaten city schools.

Andrew Mitchell, who lost his job over the row, maintains the Police Federation had a political agenda and was picking a fight with the Government over cuts to police budgets.

De Blasio didn't ask for those cuts - ending the so - called «budget dance» and leaving the Council little to fight him on.

The hearing marked a major departure from the budget process under former Mayor Michael Bloomberg, when Council members fought cuts Bloomberg repeatedly proposed to fire houses, libraries, and after school programs.

55) «Fist Fight» Smart Rating: 28.25 Release date: Friday, February 17, 2017 Genre: Comedy Starring: Charlie Day, Ice Cube, Tracy Morgan Description: On the last day before summer vacation, high school teacher Andy Campbell (Charlie Day) tries his best to keep it together amid senior pranks, a dysfunctional administration and budget cuts that threaten his job.

The usual flaws are also there: porn star acting, random cut - aways to a group of red shirts and cheap tricks to get around the lack of budget for cool fight sequences.

Even as education advocates nationwide fight to hold the line against district - level funding cuts, the state education departments responsible for overseeing K - 12 policy are coming under the budget ax.

Community and board members are taking a stand, fighting to reinstate music programs cut from school budgets over the last decade.

The fight ended abruptly in Round 3 this past Tuesday night with a TKO: Despite a flurry of long and hard — and well - attended — budget workshops over the past week, and hundreds of suggestions offered for how to cut expenses and increase revenue, to improve the rejected budget, the board, again by a vote of 4 to 3, reimposed that same rejected budget.

«From a parent's perspective, I could care less about [the union's rehire] priority list,» said Jill Wohl, who had helped launch a parent group called Raise Your Hand in 2010 to fight off threatened budget cuts.

Whether it's opposing budget cuts or school closings, working with community partners or organizing to make sure special ed students get the services they're entitled to, the union is fighting for our children, our schools and our members.

In Connecticut, schools, parents, and children are still fighting the proposed $ 11 million dollar budget cuts to the charter school community.

In a recent article for The Hechinger Report, classroom teacher Eric Shieh reflects on his experiences working with his union to fight budget cuts in his district.

OCO leaders helped fend off $ 10 million in cuts to school site budgets and fought long and hard to win approval of Oakland SOL, Oakland Unified School District's (OUSD) new multilingual middle school.

Among the SOS volunteers were Boston high school students who pivoted from walkouts in protest of BPS budget cuts to fighting to defeat Question 2 this summer.

People's Action has joined with AROS and the #WeChoose campaign to fight back against the Trump / DeVos education agenda and any cuts to the federal education budget!

With libraries around the world coming under almost as much threat of demise as brick - and - mortar bookstores, one UK library system is taking legal action to fight back against proposed budget cuts in their county that will mean the planned closing of a number of local public libraries.

Proposed budget cuts always bring out the fight in people who want to protect their pet causes.

Also, just a reminder: Thanks to budget cuts demanded by the GOP, $ 512 million has been gutted from funding for preventing and fighting forest fires.

This is not the first case of this kind with a further crowdfunding judicial review in Hackney already proving to be successful in fighting a cut to the disability education budget.