Sentences with phrase «most public unions»

It was their last contract before Act 10 kicked in, Gov. Walker's law erasing collective bargaining rights for most public unions.

(CNN)- Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, a Republican hero for pushing austerity measures that stripped collective bargaining rights from most public unions, rallied supporters Monday night, one last push before a recall that's drawn lots of outside interest and money.

Hundreds retired here after the state passed Act 10, kicking out most public union rights.

Not exact matches

Wisconsin and Ohio last year passed laws stripping most public sector unions of collective bargaining rights.

In January most large public companies adopted International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), a system already used in more than 100 countries (notably across the European Union and wide swaths of the Pacific Rim).

Closed - shop rules imposed by the carpenters» union dictate public tendering policies, and so most future municipal construction contracts can only be bid by approved union firms, dramatically reducing the number of eligible bidders.

From a financial standpoint, the impact is also very limited because most, if not all, of the debt Greece owes is held by public and governmental entities: the International Monetary Fund, the European Union and the European Central Bank (ECB).

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.

What conservatives and libertarians are most animated about nowadays is the abuse of public - good authority, particularly as such authority has been misused for a very long time to tax and spend, not generally on public goods like defense but on wealth - transfer programs, such as social security, Medicare and Medicaid, and other entitlements — the kinds of programs, in other words, that have effectively bankrupted Greece, are threatening to bankrupt several other European nations, and are undermining the European Monetary Union.

Indeed, most students feel that Union's location in New York city is in itself a visible symbol of a public sense of pastoral care.»

The union, presumably with considerable input from player agents, is the faction that actually put up the most resistance to letting all this play out in public.

We have to act together in any and all capacities that we can, whether as grassroots groups, community organizations, charities, unions, activists, universities and, most of all, as citizens, without asking for permission or waiting for public funding.

The most common of these generalisations is that high levels of public debt in the EU periphery are the overall cause of the Union's problems.

The New York Hotel Trades Council's Neal Kawatra did not take kindly to NYC Councilman Charles Barron's claim on «Capital Tonight» yesterday that «most black and Latino people, people of color» belong to public sector labor unions, which are getting the cold shoulder from the Democratic gubernatorial frontrunner, AG Andrew Cuomo.

Mr Miliband has traditionally sought to avoid the confrontations with unions which characterised the time of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, but there are some very concrete political advantages to a public spat with union leaders and many voices in his office are urging him to make the most of it.

As expected, most of the Citizens Union - sponsored event focused on the candidates» reform agendas, with strong support from all for legalizing gay marriage, bipartisan redistricting and full public financing of campaigns.

Pictured, Venditto supporters — most of whom are construction union members — held signs, applauded and shouted insults at public speakers who questioned Venditto about the town's concessions deals with Singh at a town board meeting on Sept. 29, 2015 at Oyster Bay Town Hall.

On Friday 26th April, the Oxford Union hosted another in the series of «Head to Head» programmes, organised by and filmed for Al Jazeera, where this time interviewer Mehdi Hasan challenged one of the world's most famous public intellectuals, Bernard - Henri Levy, on whether foreign military intervention could ever be justified,

Once again, this was an «unknown unknown» - the news media were as surprised as most of the general public (and, I imagine, significant proportions of the Cabinet, parliamentary party and, for sure, the Trade Union movement).

«It is on record that we have never, since the inception of this administration, had any dispute with the organized labour and I will be the first to admit that the Labour Unions in Lagos State have been most responsible and while, at the same time, being dogged in their advocacy for the promotion of the interests of workers in Lagos State, both in the public and private sector groups.

This demonstrates that most workers in the public sector do not want to lose a day's pay by striking but are being forced to do so by a minority in their union who have been wound up by the militant and ideologically - driven desires of union barons.

Most recently, this focus on secrecy was shown in the extraordinary efforts of the governor's aides to shield some of his records from public scrutiny in the State Archives, where a top Cuomo lieutenant spent nearly eight hours screening documents from Cuomo's years as attorney general that were sought by the Times Union under the Freedom of Information Law.

In NY we know they're the political party of the public unions and most NY Dems in Albany gratefully take their endorsements but their talons don't spread much past our borders so they seem irrelevant, especially on the national stage where they'll play NO role as a check on Trump.

The former Teamster was an ally of ex-Mayor Michael Bloomberg, and found a surprising opponent in Mr. de Blasio — a friend of the minority - dominated service sector and public employee unions — who said he believed building the most affordable housing possible was more important than making sure developers paid union wages.

But several aspects of the plan — including the use of $ 25 million in taxpayer money to turn public property into a stable for the private carriage industry, the move to curtail the pedicab industry, the loss of carriage driver jobs and the resulting shuttering the current stables on the West Side — have aroused considerable opposition from various corners, most recently from 68 owners of horse carriage medallions, who blasted their union for agreeing to the deal.

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.

That's why they oppose fracking, that's why they support public unions, that's why they oppose mandate relief, that's why they support the pensions, and most explicitly, that's why they pulled the stunt with the prisons.

With more than 50,000 members — most in white - collar positions — PEF is one of New York's largest public sector unions.

-- 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.

At a time when two Democratic lawmakers stand accused of bribery and public corruption, California's most powerful labor unions have kicked back more than a million dollars to the California Democratic Party.

Most of the funding for the Working Families Party comes from public sector and hospital unions.

Some of the state's largest and most politically active unions have lined up in support of Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's plan to overhaul the state's campaign finance laws and create a New York City - style system of public financing.

No city or statewide elected official — Mayor Bill de Blasio, Public Advocate Tish James, Comptroller Scott Stringer, the entire City Council and most of the borough presidents — or labor union has thoroughly resisted the reality of a breakaway Democratic conference aiding Republicans.

Alexander had said: «This week the public have witnessed the most extraordinary spectacle of the prime minister ramping up the no deal rhetoric on Brexit and backtracking on her commitment to stay in the single market and Customs Union for transition.

CSEA is the state's largest public workers union and is known supporting Democratic candidates in most races.

Cuomo made it clear long before he unveiled his 2015 - 16 budget — and even before the November 2014 elections — that he had the teachers unions in his crosshairs, and intended to break the so - called «monopoly» he believed is to blame for most of the public education system's woes.

«This coming year is going to be one of the most challenging years for the trade union movement - and public sector trade unions in particular - as the coalition government seeks to make the public sector and its workforce pay for the crisis, through cuts to jobs, services, pay and pensions.

It's a first salvo in what's expected to be a protracted budget battle as Gov. Andrew Cuomo gears up to fulfill his pledge to make deep spending cuts — most likely by goring the ox of some heretofore sacred cows, including the public employee unions and education aid.

The 18 % to 27 % increase in petroleum products has also incensed most of the public sector unions who believe they are being overburdened.

Most delegates to the Public and Commercial Services union's annual conference in Brighton will take the train or bus, but one rep is cycling there - all the way from Scotland.

Plaid's Leanne Wood has received the backing of Mark Serwotka, General Secretary of the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS), who called her «one of the most outstanding politicians in Wales.»

The unions have gotten public support from Cuomo, who is engaged in a series of fights with the mayor, most notably over the future of the 421 - a tax break program, which expires later this month.

Among Long Island districts, according to the analysis, prepared for the New York Public Interest Research Group, a watchdog that has been the plan's most vocal proponent, the cost would increase the Brentwood Union - Free district's bills by up to $ 139,254, the Sachem Central district's by $ 114,996, the Longwood Central School District's by up to $ 88,904 and the Smithtown Central district's bills by up to $ 87,904 a year.

The party stated Sunday that its local members as well as a list of public - and private - sector unions, some of them among the most powerful special interests in Albany, unanimously support Cuomo's platform, which he calls the New New York Agenda.

Voters opposed to fracking, and certain public employee unions unhappy with their contracts and teacher evaluations were the most motivated in this primary.»

Some believe the reason most polls find Cameron to be more capable of tough decisions than Ed Miliband is because the Labour leader avoids public rows with unions and his own members.

Ed Miliband is reported as saying «the most important thing for the unions is to get the public to understand what their argument is.

As receivership plans for 15 - of Buffalo's most struggling public schools could mean changes to the school day, the teachers union is planning to fight the new rule.

In 2011, after a fierce public battle, Gov. Scott Walker and the state Legislature passed Act 10, which stripped public employee unions of most of their collective bargaining rights.

Beyond that, though, the book's most poignant relevance to today's crisis lies in its portrayal of the vision and statesmanship of public employee unions, which played a crucial role in saving the city.