Sentences with phrase «for public sector strikes»

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Assistant General Secretary of the TUC, Paul Nowak was optimistic about public support for Thursday's strike over public sector pay, and said: «We believe Britain needs a pay rise - and that applies whether you work in the private or the public sector.»

Strikes are rare and the decision to lose a day's pay is never an easy one - especially for public sector workers who have suffered many years of pay restraint.»

With attacks on employee rights, union strikes, public sector pay, green industry and foreign aid and praise for Thatcher's right to buy, this is all becoming a satisfying event for right - wing Tory backbenchers.

This basically strikes me as a charm offensive by NYSUT at a time when Gov. Andrew Cuomo and his allies have been demonizing the public sector unions are largely responsible for the state's fiscal mess.

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Headteachers have voted for strike action for the first time ever later, but union chiefs say it is still «not too late» to resolve the public sector pensions impasse.

The biggest co-ordinated public sector strike for a generation has been well supported across the UK with many courts, airports, jobcentres and tax offices closed or severely disrupted.

PCS general secretary Mark Serwotka said: «Our union and others across the public sector are now on a war footing to prepare for what would be the biggest strike in UK history.

Unless the government does an about - turn on its plans to force public sector workers to work longer and pay more for much less pension in retirement, this first joint strike will include 750,000 public servants.

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Today signals further disappointment for the Labour leader with a poll on LabourList blaming Miliband's handling of public sector pensions strikes on 30th November for a steep decline in popularity.

And shadow cabinet members from Corbyn down are even following more conventional rules about what they say in relation to contentious issues: McDonnell refused my invitation to support illegal public sector pay strikes on my show yesterday, for example.

So all credit to shadow Welsh Secretary Owen Smith who said yesterday that public sector pay had been frozen «for too long» and that the upcoming strike on Thursday by teachers was «entirely legitimate»:

The Trade Union Bill would impose a minimum 50 % turnout for ballots on industrial action - and public sector strikes would need the backing of at least 40 % of those eligible to vote.

Before Justice Scalia passed away in February of 2016, the Supreme Court was set to strike down «agency fees,» which allow public sector unions to force non-members to pay for the collective bargaining efforts of the union.

The textbook case for deflating a public - sector strike may have been Ronald Reagan's response to the 1981 air traffic controllers strike.

The EIS agm is often the forum for teachers to threaten industrial action, but strikes are usually avoided although the union has walked out with other public sector unions over changes to pensions.

Especially for the AFT, the ruling makes it even harder for the union, which works in the big cities that are the most - fervent hotbeds for revamping traditional teacher compensation and implementing other reforms), to keep the grand bargain it has long struck with Baby Boomers and other teachers to keep their profession the most - comfortable (as well as best - paid) in the public sector.

The union's conference also called for a 24 - hour «general strike» in the autumn over pensions, to be organised with other public sector unions.

Teachers have called for a 24 - hour public sector general strike against cuts to children's services in England.

At a time when unions» strength could be significantly dampened if the U.S. Supreme Court rules as expected this year and allows public - sector workers to opt out of paying union fees, these strikes could be a good omen for worried public employees.

As my colleague Ilya Shapiro writes, and Ian Millheiser at Think Progress agrees, the Court seems poised to strike down «fair share» fees for public - sector workers who do not want to join the union.

The former would limit the ability of public - sector unions to strike, while the latter makes it more difficult for unions to obtain certification.

Similarly, legal statutes also afford unions in the private sector extended rights for unpaid leave as a means of negotiation — in other words, unionized workers in the private (and often public) sector have the right to strike.

In your post you assert that the government of Alberta's essential services consultation is a process aimed at providing a right to strike for public sector employees «while also ensuring that the health, safety and well - being of Albertans is protected in the event of a public sector work stoppage.»

First, having been a member of what I considered to be a militant (most seem to be militant in my estimation) trade union (United Association of Steamfitters and Plumbers of America, Local 46, Toronto) for approximately ten years, I would concur with you vis a vis your apparent assumption that said unions have worn out their societal usefulness, and now serve only the purposes of their membership, and to hell with the public interest economically speaking, not to mention the absolute chaos the actions of powerful public sector unions create when they cause their entire membership to go on strike, for eg., the Toronto garbage workers» strike, the Toronto transit workers» strike etc..