Sentences with phrase «of public employees»

The unions of public employees are the few left with any real strength.

For unions, one question in the poll sent worry signals: 41 percent of voters say collective bargaining rights of public employees should have limits.

Rising costs of public employee pension plans are a source of fiscal stress in many cities and states and have led to calls for reform.

This defense of the broken pension system is rooted in the fact that it represents the most lasting and efficient way to screw the taxpayers for the benefit of public employees.

In the case of public employee unions, the rights of labor and the rights of taxpayers have to be balanced.

First, she wants to increase the number of public employees enrolled in a cash - balance plan rather than the state's pension fund.

Along with taxation and immigration, one political issue that never seems to go away is the cost of public employees, especially their pensions.

This topic reached the courts when one of the state's leading newspapers sought the records of a public employee retirement system.

But the city is also struggling with a budget deficit that may require firing hundreds of public employees to bring it under control.

But it's even worse: The ambition of public employees brings down basically admirable elected public servants taking customary short - cuts required to improve the lives of the people who elected them.

She expressed concerns about stripping or reductions of public employee pensions.

Under state law, the bulk of public employee pensions come from investment returns generated by the retirement fund.

The salary, benefits, job security, and work conditions of public employees are just as much a matter of public policy as the work that those employees are supposed to do.

The children students of the public employees — not so much.

«We think it's important to keep this issue before the public eye during these budget negotiations,» said Thomas M. Grace, president of the Public Employees Federation Local 167.

But he has not yet been informed by the inspector general's office of specific charges or questions related to the scientific integrity of his work, said Jeff Ruch, executive director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility.

A «pay bill» that enacts a 2 percent retroactive raise for members of the Public Employees Federation has gone to Cuomo's desk for signing.

Of particular interest to Golden Staters, the California Policy Center (publishers of UnionWatch) has posted Transparent California, a valuable website which is «dedicated to providing accurate, comprehensive and easily searchable information on the compensation of public employees in California.»

Critically for public employees, the New York State constitution guarantees that the benefits of public employees who are currently members in any pension system «shall not be diminished or impaired.»

Thousands of public employees retired in the past 10 months, with many of them worried changes are coming to the WRS.

«Nobody is expecting an increase, but it's not clear at all that these cuts will make it through Congress,» says Jeff Ruch, executive director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, an activist group in Silver Spring, Maryland.

In what's becoming annual tradition, a handful of bills increasing pension benefits for groups of public employees passed in New York's Legislature this year.

A power outage at the headquarters of the Public Employees Federation in Latham has forced the closure of the building temporarily.

The executive board of the Public Employees Federation also voted to remove the council leader, Deborah J. Lee, from their union for at least three years as punishment.

«I believe pension reform is in the best interest of the public employees,» Cuomo said.

The plan called for imposing a one - year salary freeze on the vast majority of public employees whose contracts are up for renegotiation as of April 1; holding the line on taxes; and imposing a state spending cap limiting spending growth to the rate of inflation.

ALBANY, NY (04/30/2008)(readMedia)-- CSEA today slammed two controversial recommendations of the Commission on Local Government Efficiency and Competitiveness as the same old scapegoating of public employees.

The governor either «is, or is not» contemplating layoffs of public employees, «depending on who is speaking for the administration,» writes Tom Precious.

ALBANY, NY (08/01/2012)(readMedia)-- The newly elected leaders of the Public Employees Federation (PEF) officially took office today after they were sworn in by PEF's General Counsel Lisa King at the union's headquarters in Latham.

, pensions eat up 16.3 percent of public employee compensation in states with Social Security, and 22.7 percent in states without Social Security.

Marty Beil, whom many call the face of public employee unions in Wisconsin, said Wednesday that he is retiring.

Counties, cities, school districts, public facilities, and associations of public employees frequently use public funds to influence legislation and appropriations at the state and federal levels.

«It's not Goldilocks and the three bears,» wrote Canadian Union of Public Employees national research representative Keith Reynolds.

Also not present, although they were invited to attend: State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli, who delivered the keynote address at the National Conference of Public Employee Retirement Systems in NYC this morning; and state AG Eric Schneiderman, who was prevented by attending by «scheduling conflicts.»

Robert Maynard, chief investment officer of the Public Employee Retirement System of Idaho and author of the article «Conventional Investing in a Complex World» (Journal of Investing, Spring 2013), cautions investors who are thinking about abandoning traditional investment plans.

Prohibits the diminution of health insurance benefits of public employee retirees unless similar changes are made for active employees.

The plan called for imposing a one - year salary freeze on the vast majority of public employees whose contracts are up for renegotiation as of April 1; holding the line on taxes; and imposing a State spending cap limiting spending growth to the rate of inflation.

Since their own services have to do with the functioning of the Government, a strike of public employees manifests nothing less than an intent on their part to prevent or obstruct the operations of Government until their demands are satisfied.

While this shows that Gov. Walker disregarded U.S. law when attempting to crush public sector unions, it does not fully restore the rights of public employees on the job.

Labor sources said the AFL - CIO endorsement of Gov. Andrew Cuomo labor was blocked primarily by NYSUT and AFSCME — a parent organization of public employee unions.

Mr. Latimer's remarks were widely scoffed at in Albany, where it was clear that Mr. Latimer snuck out of the Assembly Chamber out of fear of losing the support of public employee union bosses and their lobbyists standing in the hallways during the vote.

Bob Harms and Scott Ray wrap gifts as part of the Public Employees Federation toy - wrapping event on Saturday, Dec. 8, 2012, at PEF headquarters in Latham.

Last week I got the endorsement of the Public Employees Federation which I'm really proud to get and the AFL - CIO refused to endorse Andrew Cuomo.

He also said, «I believe that the Tier VI proposal put forth is the basis for the future because it provides a compromise that recognizes the worth of our public employees, and the needs of our taxpayers.

«Many of these bills would provide special benefits to a specific class of public employees without a convincing rationale, and increase taxpayer costs with no improvement in government services.»

If you are a teacher or other type of public employee who plans to take advantage of Perkins loan forgiveness, you do not want to consolidate them.