Sentences with phrase «of public workers»

This would save taxpayers more than $ 2 billion and is far preferable to mass layoffs of public workers and teachers.

-- especially on the supposedly lavish compensation of public workers.

That plan offered drastically smaller payments now but required higher payments in future years, when a new set of public workers with less substantial pensions are expected to retire.

American women are offered 12 weeks of unpaid leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act, which exempts companies with fewer than 50 paid employees, but in 2011, only 11 percent of private sector workers and 17 percent of public workers reported that they had access to paid maternity leave through their employer.

Rauner has made curbing collective bargaining rights of public worker unions part of his agenda for the state.

(CNN)- Democratic state senators who fled Wisconsin to protest the governor's bid to curb the bargaining rights of public workers were greeted Saturday by cheering crowds and vowed to continue the fight.

Think Progress (which made the following infographic) reports, «In 2011, only 11 percent of private sector workers and 17 percent of public workers reported they had access to paid maternity leave through their employer.»

I'll be speaking at the second one, at 10:45 in the same room, along with the national leaders of NUPGE (representing provincial workers) and CUPE (representing municipal workers) about the contribution of public workers to greater equality by improving the lives of marginalized Canadians — the unemployed, the homeless, single parents, recent immigrants, senior citizens, and others.

The lavish lifestyle of public workers is a myth, but the right - wing mythmakers know it's a powerful talking point.

The Ministry ordered the removal of 26,589 names of public workers from government payroll.

Voters last week showed they were upset with Cuomo's treatment of public workers, schools and his refusal to ban fracking, issues that Hawkins disagrees with Cuomo and Astorino on.

And in what is practically a rite of summer in labor - friendly Albany, there are dozens of bills to «sweeten» the pensions of public workers.

In his address at the May Day parade at the Black Star Square, President Akufo - Addo bemoaned the poor attitude of public workers to work, which are anchored in stereotypes which are viewed...

An appellate court upheld a high - level fellowship program started in 2014 by Cuomo that drew the ire of public workers unions, whose leaders said it circumvented the system of civil service promotions.

While Assembly Democrats have traditionally been greater defenders of public worker unions, Senate Republicans have also had a close relationship with unions.

The Assembly, however, balked at passing the agreed - upon legislation after the budget had passed due to late - blooming concerns that the language was too broad in the categories of public workers it would affect.

The lawsuit alleges that those restrictions also impair the ability of public workers to associate with labor unions and to express concerns of mutual interest with their employers.

let me get this straight — two old cranks, one of them obscenely rich, both of them set for life, are making it their mission to «reform» pensions so that future generations of public workers get to retire into poverty.

Over the past 15 years, the number of public workers on short - term contracts in France has drastically increased to now represent 35 % of university staffs and 27 % at research institutions, according to official figures cited in the report.

The UFT's example helped to spark unionization among other civil servants, from about 5 percent of public workers in the early 1960s to 43 percent today.

First, be careful, because some localities prohibit tipping of public workers.

The taxpayer subsidy for Aetna spotlights how, while state and municipal budget constraints have forced cuts to social services and layoffs of public workers, lucrative corporate incentives continue to flow out of public coffers to politically connected companies.

«Gov. Walker and the Republicans tried to cram a budget through the state Senate, a budget that obliterates the rights of public workers and undermines the safety net relied upon by Wisconsin's most vulnerable citizens,» the letter said.

«But the last couple of budgets were very important, and at the end of the day, unlike other governors in this period of time have stripped bargaining rights... he respected collective bargaining of public workers, and that's a very important value.»

* The pension and health care increases immediately cut the take - home pay of public workers, combining with hostility toward Governor Walker to contribute to a wave of public worker retirements.

As head of the Royal Commission (1910 - 1913) charged with recommending a workers» compensation system for Ontario, Sir William Meredith aimed to ensure a fair system — one that would prevent injured workers from falling into poverty, that did not unduly burden employers, and that would not «shock the conscience» of the public