MADISON, Wis. (AP)-- Republicans in the Wisconsin Assembly took the first significant action on their plan to strip collective bargaining rights
from most public workers, abruptly passing the measure early Friday morning before sleep - deprived Democrats realized what was happening.
The governor's top aide, Department of Administration Secretary Mike Huebsch, later issued a statement saying Walker would comply with Sumi's order and halt preparations that were under way to begin deducting money
from most public workers» paychecks, but that the governor's administration still believes the law took effect after a state office unexpectedly published online.
Not exact matches
Countering these arguments, Andrew Cuomo has cobbled together a coalition to support his amendment, the
most vocal of which have been the business leaders who stand to profit
from casinos and
public sector
workers, primarily teacher's unions, who will be the beneficiary of increased state revenues.
The report, which will be welcomed by the government as proof it is offering
public sector
workers a fair deal in difficult economic times, highlights the change
from retail price index to consumer price index inflation as the
most substantial change for
public sector
workers.
MADISON, Wis. (AP)-- Union backers are decrying a Wisconsin Supreme Court ruling upholding a law supported by Gov. Scott Walker that takes away
most collective bargaining rights
from nearly all
public workers.
It is the Wal - Mart's of the business world who are profiting
most from the low minimum wage standard and also relying on taxpayer subsidies to keep their poverty wage
workers fed, housed, and health enough to work for them because these minimum wage
workers are paid so low they qualify for food stamps, Section 8 and
public housing rent subsidies, Medicaid, and the Earned Income Tax Credit,» Hawkins said.
-- Includes language to pre-emptively respond to a looming Supreme Court decision that
most observers expect will weaken
public employee unions by letting state
workers decline to pay dues even if they benefit
from the union's efforts.
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.
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most of the blame goes to sitting presidents.I am not saying that the central government does not have responsibility to ensure that enabling environment is created.They have a great work to do but as citizens what is our quota?When you move around Accra, sometimes i becomes angry within myself because i am in doubt as to whether our sanitation laws exit.People because of the tax they claim they pay waits for zoom lion
workers to come and clean the choked gutters before our houses and shops either than that, it will remain like that.Is it modernity or civilization that has turned us to forget our traditional values or duties of ensuring that our environments is clean?Everybody in our Ghanaian setting knows the responsibility of men and women in making sure that our environments are clean not waiting for flood to occur and we start blaming sitting presidents.To the media, though your responsibility is to keep governments on it toes, you equally have a mandate in educating the
public of what we are expected to do as citizens in other to ensure that our dear nation is a better ecosystem for all of us to live.The attention of the media should be shifted
from making politicians popular to making us aware as citizens of our responsibilities.I sometimes get confused to hear journalists calling opponents to comment on issues concerning the sitting governments and the only thing that comes to my mind is what do the journalist want to hear
from the political opponents?Nothing.They will end up criticizing without giving an alternative.The media should rather resort in questioning people directly to where the problems are coming
from.Let us build our institutions.When it comes to energy issues.Citifm will call Hon.KT Hammond who was a deputy minister living who he worked under (His boss at that time) and I always become confused because what can we expect
from him?nothing.
The new state law, held up pending a legal challenge, forbids
most public worker unions
from negotiating salary schedules, benefits and workplace rules with employers.
In another surprise, the
most recent data shows that education companies —
from public schools to online learning platforms — pay tech
workers the second highest salaries on average.