Sentences with phrase «largest state workers»

Despite the conclusion of one of the more controversial contract battles in recent history between the Civil Service Employees Association and the executive branch, Gov. Andrew Cuomo and NY's largest state workers union remain at odds over a host of issues.

The Public Employees Federation, the second - largest state workers union, has broken with its fellow members of the public sector arm of labor to enodrse AG Andrew Cuomo for governor.

The Public Employees Federation, New York's second - largest state workers union, is weighing in on this morning's reports that Gov. Andrew Cuomo is thinking of following in his father's footsteps and seeking a massive reduction in the state workforce in his first executive budget.

A slate of candidates planning to challenge the leadership of one of New York's largest state workers unions has broadened its geographic base, adding candidates from Buffalo and New York City as it gears up for June elections.

A slate of candidates planning to challenge the leadership of PEF, one of New York's largest state workers unions, has broadened its geographic base, adding candidates from Buffalo and New York City as it gears up for June elections.

The largest state workers union, CSEA, is suing the Thruway Authority over its decision last year to raise by 6 percentage points the co-payment that retirees pay toward their health insurance.

CSEA is New York's largest state workers union with about 60,000 mostly blue collar workers, has been without a contract since their last agreement expired at the end of March 2016.

Donohue, who heads the second largest state workers union in New York, is a tough - talking sort, and has never been shy about expressing his opinions about the governor in public, particularly when he feels his members are getting the short end of the stick.

Cuomo and PEF announced a three - year labor deal back in 2016, and he struck a five - year deal with the largest state worker union, CSEA, in 2017.

The contract comes about seven months after New York's second - largest state worker union, the white collar Public Employees Federation, reached its own three - year deal with 2 percent annual raises, no increases in negotiated health - care premium sharing and no givebacks.

More than a year and a half after its most recent contract expired, New York's second - largest state worker's union has reached a tentative three - year labor agreement with the Cuomo administration.

The largest state worker union, the Civil Service Employees Association, calls it «corporate welfare» and a «tax giveaway to business at the expense of local communities and middle class jobs.»

Cuomo has voiced support for Paterson's layoff plan, but the two largest state worker unions — CSEA and PEF — have been fighting hard to counter it, even calling on the governor to rescind the firings after learning that he has doled out some $ 17 million worth of pork prior to his impending departure from public office.

The two largest state worker unions have already settled on new contracts with givebacks, though one of them, the Public Employees Federation, had to hold a second vote, after the agreement was initially voted down.

The largest state worker union, the Civil Service Employees Association, calls it corporate welfare and a «tax giveaway to business at the expense of local communities and middle class jobs,» Ron Deutsch is with New Yorkers for Fiscal Fairness, a coalition of unions, environmental and social justice groups.

Not exact matches

Union leaders urged Wisconsin teachers to return to work at schools that are open on Monday, but large protests were expected to continue at the Capitol against a plan to cut collective bargaining rights and benefits to state workers.

From the United States to Singapore, Germany to Kuwait, there are ample precedents to show how a large influx of low - skill, temporary workers can warp an entire country's labour market.

The size of job cuts is large enough that San Diego - based Qualcomm will have to file a WARN notice, or Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification, with the state of...

The largest U.S. solar installer, SolarCity (SCTY), cut 550 jobs from Nevada last week, with plans to relocate the affected workers to more solar - friendly states.

The nation's largest concentration of STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) workers reside in Washington state.

Beyond the actual gas project and LNG sales, China's state - run shipping conglomerate COSCO has also secured a 50 percent stake in the four LNG shipping carriers serving Yamal.90 Chinese engineers and workers have been deployed to the Yamal Peninsula to help construct surrounding infrastructure, which includes a Chinese - produced polar drilling rig.91 Moreover, a Chinese oil and gas rig producer now provides Russia with about 60 percent of its imported oil rig supplies, indicating that China is becoming a dominant player in this sphere.92 Chinese media recently hailed Yamal as an example of China's construction and engineering prowess and a symbol of its transformation into an Arctic player.93 In return for China stepping into support the project, senior officials from Novatek, the main shareholder of the project, announced that the first LNG shipment would symbolically go to China.94 But a British subsidiary of Malaysia's Petronas purchased the first shipment of Yamal LNG and sold it to France's Engie, which then shipped the cargo to its Boston import facility for American use.95 Western sanctions on Novatek, Russia's largest independent national gas producer and a company with close ties to the Kremlin, made Yamal's pivot to China possible, as sanctions forced Russia to find an alternative source of investment and technology.

Larger companies employing many H - 1B workers in the United States will pay an extra fee of $ 4,000 for each new H - 1B visa — up from $ 2,000 — and another $ 4,000 to move an H - 1B immigrant who is already in the country to a new employer.

In the United States, which is the world's second - largest steel consumer, the steel giant US Steel in 2016 announced that it was laying off a quarter of its salaried workers.

Liberty argued that the ACA «violated the constitution's Commerce Clause by forcing large employers to provide health insurance to full - time workers and violated First Amendment religious protections by subsidizing abortions,» Reuters states.

Virginia ranks as the 6th largest wine producing state in the U.S. Job opportunities in the American wine industry can include assistant winemaker, bottling line operator, cellar worker / cellar hand, facility maintenance coordinator, wine sales, wine specialist, internal auditor, grounds supervisor, lab technician, managing chemist, production assistant, cellar workers, sommelier, sustainable wine growing director, vineyard manager, viticulture instructor, wine broker, wine club administrator, wine consultant, winemaker, wine sales manager, wine sales representative, wine tracking analyst, wine educator, wine tour guide and tasting room sales.

To satisfy these requirements, a larger clerical staff is required to comply with food and worker safety, as well as state and federal paperwork.

New York City's finances are being responsibly managed despite the large cost of negotiating labor settlements with city workers, according to members of the state Financial Control Board.

CSEA, the state's largest public - workers union, announced it would suspend its backing of state lawmakers in order to «re-evaluate our political relationships and make judgments about the criteria.»

Western New York's largest business group, the Buffalo Niagara Partnership, once again plans to focus its lobbying efforts on core issues familiar to its members: the high cost of doing business in the state, the need for more trained workers and the importance of encouraging investment in the region.

«The largest percentage of these laundry workers live and work in Long Island and the New York City metro area,» the letter states.

The reason being that free movement of labour between member states (one the EU's four freedoms) permitted large - scale migration from East to West, which is alleged to have had impacts such as bidding down the wages of low - skilled workers, and increasing crime.

The leadership of the state's largest public workers union says the proposal also raises questions and uncertainty for local government employees.

When Zephyr Teachout, then a little - known Fordham Law School professor, challenged Cuomo in a primary four years ago, one of the state's largest public workers unions, PEF, endorsed her, while NYSUT decided to sit out the governor's race entirely, declining to pick a favorite.

The New York Public Interest Research Group reported recently that three of the state's largest insurers charge blue - collar workers significantly more than college - educated professionals with the same driving record.

When the state's minimum wage rises to $ 11 an hour from $ 9 on Dec. 31, workers at New York City businesses with more than 10 employees will see the largest percentage minimum - wage increase in 60 years.

The following is a statement from Bruce W. Both, President of United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW) Local 1500, New York State's largest grocery workersWorkers Union (UFCW) Local 1500, New York State's largest grocery workersworkers Union.

The health care workers union is the largest in New York State and Mr. Gresham is its quiet, steady hand.

«We shouldn't have the largest, most profitable companies be the ones that most squeeze their workers,» said state Sen. Daniel Squadron (D - Brooklyn), one of the sponsors.

CWA New Jersey Endorses Tom Malinowski for Congress Democratic congressional candidate Tom Malinowski has picked up the endorsement of the Communication Workers of America New Jersey, one of the state's largest public worker unions.

Recchia, a former councilman trying to unseat embattled U.S. Rep. Michael Grimm, has been endorsed by the United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW) Local 1500, New York State's largest grocery workersWorkers Union (UFCW) Local 1500, New York State's largest grocery workersworkers union.

As the leader of the largest union in the state, Mr. Gresham is close to both Mr. de Blasio and Mr. Cuomo — ensuring the needs of health care workers won't be ignored any time soon.

The wage increase announced by Cuomo affects workers of the State University of New York (SUNY)-- but not those within the City University of New York (CUNY), the country's largest urban public university system.

Members of the state's second - largest public workers union have voted to approve a three - year contract with the state, the leaders of the Public Employees Federation announced Wednesday evening.

When former state fair Director Peter Cappuccilli Jr. held his daughter Molly's wedding at the fairgrounds In June 2004, state workers erected a large white tent, where 450 guests celebrated in the biggest event the fair caterers had ever put on: a six - hour open bar, chocolate fondue, a raw bar and stations for meat carving and pasta.

There is no big private business in the United States where such a large percentage of their workers spend a large share of their routine work days with other workers of different races as the military.

Governor Andrew Cuomo and New York's second largest union of state government employees just announced a tentative contract deal that, if ultimately extended to all state workers, could add nearly $ 1.5 billion in salary costs to New York's budget by fiscal 2019.

The Daily News reported in April that two of its biggest organized - labor benefactors, the Hotel and Motel Trades Council and 1199 SEIU, the healthcare workers union and the state's largest, quietly withdrew their support for the WFP at the end of 2014.

The New York State Department of Transportation has employed 75 excavators, four bulldozers, 20 graders, 17 vacuum trucks with sewer jets, 12 water pumps, 1,441 large dump trucks, 318 large loaders, 15 tree crew bucket trucks, 79 chippers, 57 traffic signal trucks, and 13 water tankers to assist with worker's efforts, Cuomo said.

So far, Shafran has collected endorsements from several labor groups, including the Teamsters Joint Council 16 and UFCW Local 1500, one of the state's largest grocery workers union.

«A large piece of that is the public employees, state workers, public employee unions.