Sentences with phrase «of public sector workers»

Hundreds of thousands of public sector workers are walking out once again over their pensions, but the government says further resistance is futile.

Six unions have mounted a legal challenge on behalf of millions of public sector workers over what inflation index is used to increase their pensions.

Many of the public sector workers who got laid off were women.

Several other states and local governments have either made cuts or are considering cuts to the pensions of public sector workers because of financial difficulties.

62 per cent of public sector workers, from areas such as health and transport, will be affected by the freeze.

In a competitive jobs market with thousands of public sector workers needing to find work in the private sector or become self employed, these fears need to be understood and overcome.

Almost half of all public sector workers are not union members while just one - in - seven workers in the private sector have joined a trade union.

Instead, they should continue to engage with the majority of public sector workers.

This will empower millions of public sector workers to become their own boss and help them to deliver better services.

In a competitive jobs market with thousands of public sector workers needing to find work in the private sector or become self - employed, these fears need to be understood and overcome.

But the argument should not be to drag down the pensions of public sector workers: it should be to drag up the pensions of private sector workers.

The Fair Wages and Salaries Commission has disclosed to Citi Business News plans to halt the yearly review of the base salary of public sector workers on the Single Spine Salary Structure (SSSS).

The peak of the public sector earnings distribution is much higher, at twenty - something dollars per hour, and there are a good number of public sector workers earning $ 40 or $ 50 an hour.

«Stuck in a familiar groove, Len goes on to suggest that all the ills that he claims are befalling Labour are because of actions of so called «Blairites» — those terrible people who introduced the minimum wage and increased the number, the stature and indeed the pay of public sector workers across the country.»

On Wednesday, thousands of public sector workers across the country hit the streets to protest the hikes in utility and fuel prices.

The study examined the relationship between emotional intelligence and motivation to serve the public of public sector workers on the one hand and the mutual influence of these factors on three indicators of their performance: job satisfaction, organizational commitment, and the quality of service, on the other.

In 2005 Labour's vote was on average almost as high (37.2 %) in seats with relatively low proportions of public sector workers as it was in seats with a relatively large proportion (37.5 %).

Previous government's attempt to quadruple the salaries of public sector workers through the single spine salary scheme has been a drawback to strengthening the private sector as an innovator.

Thousands of public sector workers from across the North East are taking part in a 24 - hour strike today.

The Conservatives also earned the ire of public sector workers, fatigued after seven years of austerity.

In order to win next year, Cameron needs to persuade at least some of the millions of public sector workers currently living under a one per cent pay freeze that their living standards will improve as well.

And the question of public sector workers is one that I keep hearing from Tory MPs returning to parliament.

«The shadow chancellor has wrapped up public sector cuts, public sector pay freezes, a rise in retirement age and reduced pension rights in warm words that will ring hollow with Britain's army of public sector workers.»

They manage the opposition of public sector workers either by persuasion or by deprofessionalising them, as with the increasing use of technology to replace qualified teachers.

The examples of public sector workers losing their jobs or being asked to proceed on leave due to the change in government is alarming and inimical to our collective effort in building strong democratic state institutions.

We also note with concern the mis - treatment of some public sector workers who have been dismissed for no justifiable reason apart from having been employed by the previous government.

«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.

PCS PARLIAMENTARY BRIEFING: October 2010 PCS fear that the government's comprehensive spending review will put hundreds of thousands of public sector workers out of work and is an unprecedented attack on the welfare state, public services, communities, jobs and benefits.

The party said it believed that the streamlining of all public sector workers salaries through the IPPIS would greatly reduce public funds wastage, especially cases of ghost workers be-devilling the public sector.

James» recommendation to improve family - friendly policies was praised by Gina Strickland, Vice President of public sector workers union Local 1180.

The Chancellor needed to immediately end the roll out of Universal Credit to prevent rising child poverty and homelessness and end the public sector pay cap to end the scandal of public sector workers relying on food banks to survive.

[56] In January 1979, Britain was hit by a series of public sector worker strikes that came to be known as the «Winter of Discontent.»

Government has commenced the payment of the tier two pension contributions of public sector workers into their registered schemes.

A clear alternative, that does not involve throwing tens of thousands of public sector workers onto the dole — a move that would cost more than ten billion in lost tax revenue and increased state benefit payments.

YouGov also asked a series of questions about public sector pensions — 74 % of people thought that public sector pensioners got a better deal than those who worked in the private sector and 60 % of those thought they did not deserve this (predictably there was a huge difference between public and private sector workers on this question — 55 % of public sector workers thought that, yes, they did deserve better pensions than the private sector).

Asked about the government's proposals for the future of public sector pensions, the most popular option was the government's original plan to gradually increase the retirement age of public sector workers under 50 to 65, supported by 39 % of respondents.

These will be used to fill up ATMs and pay the salaries of public sector workers for the Eid holidays.

Last week, Miner backed a plan that would freeze the salaries of all public sector workers in the 2011 - 12 fiscal year, require local government employees to contribute to health insurance costs, restructure the state pension plan and weaken the leverage of unions in negotiations.

For that he needs to take time to persuade the public hes not going to risk public finances or make thousands of public sector workers unemployed from day 1.

«The results of this study add to our understanding of the performance of the public sector and the relative and combined roles played by the emotions and motivation of public sector workers.

This is particularly pertinent in relation to the recruitment of management level staff, as surveys have found that 93 per cent of public sector workers believe a lack of effective leaders is the biggest challenge that they face.

The purpose of the PSESA was to limit the ability of public sector workers to go on strike.

Kathryn regularly provides interactive training on safeguarding, the family justice system, family law and court skills to local authorities, social workers and multi-disciplinary groups of public sector workers.

Huge numbers of public sector workers will hate the Chancellor.

«We could not even think of abolishing the 50p rate on the rich while at the same time I am asking many of our public sector workers to accept a pay freeze to protect their jobs.

This is an indication that if Labour were in power now, while they wouldn't be cutting so hard and fast, they would effectively cut the pay of public sector workers.

«Spending in the wider economy is also hit because millions of public sector workers are enduring a pay freeze - while inflation is high and the cost of household necessities, like energy, are soaring.

Sixty - five per cent of public sector workers are women who will, by definition, be harder hit by job losses and pay freezes in that area just as they will be harder hit by cuts in benefits and tax credits, said the organisation in its application.»