Sentences with phrase «line public workers»

«The governor's onerous proposal will pick the pockets of front - line public workers and undermine their retirement security without providing any short term savings,» Donohue said.

Not exact matches

«Tomorrow, as thousands of public sector workers learn their fates, the one - man scourge of the Tories will not be on a demo, or a picket line, or even in a TV studio.

Whether it's been attacking public employee pensions, refusing to help New York's unemployed workers, or failing to stand up to the Governor when he shut down hundreds of construction jobs, there is a long line of broken promises and actions in the Senate that have targeted the labor movement.

Cuomo was criticized during an all - night session in mid-March for issuing special messages of necessity to allow the Senate and Assembly to pass bills as soon as deals were struck on topics like a new pension tier for public workers, and redistricting lines.

«Access to drivers licenses for undocumented workers and raising the welfare grant above the poverty line are policies that all working people should support because most of us will need public support at some point in our lives,» said Hawkins.

This line was attached by Mark Serwotka, general secretary of the PCS, who said rising poverty was in part fuelled by the strict pay deals imposed on low paid public sector workers.

«Public employee unions became more important in Democratic Party politics than old - line unions such as the United Auto Workers or the steelworkers union,» Lichtenstein said.

Leanne Wood has been a consistent supporter of picket lines and union rallies over the years in defence of pay and conditions for public sector workers -LSB-...]

The President of the Public Employees Federation, Ken Brynien, says he's drawing a line in the sand with Governor Cuomo, and has asked the governor not to expect more givebacks from state worker unions.

The President of the Public Employees Federation, Ken Brynien, says he's drawing a line in the sand with Gov. Cuomo, and has asked the governor not to expect more givebacks from state worker unions.

Casualties of the Chancellor's budget The battles lines have been drawn in the government's first budget, and public sector workers, the vital services they provide, and the poor, sick and vulnerable people who depend on them, are in the firing line, writes Dave Prentis, general secretary of UNISON, for Channel 4 News.

They did pack public hearings, lining up testimony from current fast food workers who described in tearful detail the impossibility of supporting a family while working in the industry.

Blame William Hague for his spineless comments when British jobs were on the line at the Total oil refinery, blame David Cameron for not saying he'd abandon the Lisbon Treaty, and blame George Osborne for talking about public spending cuts at a time when only public sector workers are working.

The comptroller is the sole trustee of a $ 184 billion pension fund for more than 1 million public workers and retirees, with the taxpayers on the line to cover shortfalls.

Ministers say the change will bring those claiming benefits in line with public sector workers but the Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary Liam Byrne said the cut will affect more working families than those who are out of work.

I have said before that I thought it was right for short - term commitments to be in line with the coalition spending plans, as changes inevitably produce disturbance to business cycles, but that doesn't prevent Labour from saying that long - term they would seek to ameliorate the concerns of public sector - workers, e.g. future pay increases would be above inflation to restore the earning power that was lost through the recession.

On Monday, the largest public workers union, the CSEA, suspended all political endorsements and campaign contributions over the pension package, saying lawmakers traded the retirement security of future workers in exchange for new district lines, which were also passed in the all night session.

«As a result, millions of public sector workers, many of them women, such as classroom assistants, health visitors, and nursery nurses are in the firing line and face complete uncertainty about their future pension.

We need to be manning the picket lines and making the case for public sector workers however we can.

The resulting influx of workers has turned the town of Iwaki, some 50 kilometers (30 miles) from the plant, into a bustling labor hub at the front line of the massive public works project.

In his Sunday column, «Drawing a line on vouchers,» Chris Rickert wrote: «If you're not a public school teacher, administrator or some other worker whose livelihood depends on the hegemony public schools have historically enjoyed over pre-K-through-12 education, there's little inherent reason to oppose school vouchers.»

Just as the new Whitney anchors the end / start of the High Line's mid-level views, so too does SFMOMA's new addition, providing a public outpost in which to view the San Francisco cityscape in a perspective previously only afforded to office workers in their towering buildings.

They also pledge to end the 1 % pay cap on public - sector pay with the addition of making sure that workers receive bonuses that are in line with rising inflation.

In addition to all of this online information, these organizations offer various direct services such as legal information lines, lawyer referral services, legal clinics, workshops for the public, training for community workers, speaker's bureaus and school programs.

A third category of access to justice initiatives seeks to provide legal support services by delivering legal information to the public through websites or through front line workers who are often not legally trained.

Many critics of the bank pointed out that Wells Fargo only moved to launch an internal review after the scheme became a public relations disaster, and that laying the blame only on front line workers who were under tremendous pressure to sell would do little to prevent future scams.

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., Orlando • FL 2000 — 2007 Account Manager for Risk Management Services, Orlando, FL (2004 — 2007) Oversaw Public Entity book of business that included International Airport Authorities, a County Board, and a County School District, showcasing lines of business for multi-layered Property, E&O, GL, Workers» Compensation, and other ancillary coverage.

The Queensland Government response refers to general public service training on cultural awareness; training for front - line child protection and youth justice workers («Family Services Officers») in the Department of Families, Youth and Community Care in relevant matters including the history and effects of forcible removal; and, the current development of appropriate cultural modules for teacher training courses.