Sentences with phrase «other public sector workers»

The prime minister wants MPs to accept a 1.9 per cent pay rise, in line with other public sector workers.

They want to turn private sector landlords, teachers, medical staff and other public sector workers into unpaid immigration officers, forcing them to provide information to the authorities.

Police and firefighters are typically eligible to retire after 20 years of service, and many other public sector workers can leave at age 55.

Teachers are set to be joined by other public sector workers in a mass walkout at the end of the month.

The state government is hoping a two - year pay deal with 16,000 health sector workers will set a precedent for other public sector workers including prison officers and nurses as it tries to contain spending growth in the lead - up to next year's election.

In the face of continued attacks, health workers will be stepping up their campaign and looking to join other public sector workers in taking action on 10 May.»

Unison general secretary Dave Prentis said: «All we have asked for is the same treatment as other public sector workers who have their existing pension rights protected.

Leaders of teachers, nurses, civil servants, firefighters and other public sector workers claimed they were being «frogmarched» into co-ordinated strike action after the Treasury took the surprise step of setting out in detail how much individuals will have to pay in contributions to their pension schemes from next April.

Speaking to Citi News, the Public Relations Officer of the Ministry of Education, Francis Gbadago, said the motivation allowance has outlived its usefulness, adding that other public sector workers such as doctors and nurses, are not paid such allowances to be motivated to work harder.

Handing politicians a # 10k pay rise is completely unacceptable while other public sector workers are facing pay restraint.

It said higher paid NHS staff already pay proportionally more for their pensions than most other public sector workers.

Labor's fading clout was evident earlier this month in the California primary, when unions representing teachers and other public sector workers spent nearly $ 5 million to boost state Superintendent Tom Torlakson to a second term — but failed to bring in enough votes for him to win outright.

Last year, President John Mahama told striking doctors he would not yield to their demands, warning it would open the flood gates for other public sector workers to make similar financial demands, a situation he believes the economy could not sustain.

Teachers are often lumped in with other public sector workers, but the turnover rates of the teaching profession places them in a much more volatile position than other state or local government positions.

Teachers, nurses and other public sector workers might not like the coalition's changes.

Conference commits the National Executive to working with the TUC to challenge, using all appropriate means, including industrial action, any attempt by the Government, in response to and as a remedy for economic difficulties or recession, to worsen pension provisions for teachers or other public sector workers.

«The NASUWT will continue to campaign with the TUC to protect the pensions of teachers and other public sector workers and for decent occupational pensions for workers in the private sector.»

«However, staging the award from December ensures that it is fair to both police officers and to other public sector workers, and is right for the future of our economy.»

Up to 750,000 teachers, lecturers, civil servants and other public sector workers are expected to walk out in the largest day of strike action since the 1980s.

Teachers and other public sector workers have been warned that the one per cent pay rise promised to public sector staff is not guaranteed.

Thousands of teachers and other public sector workers have been retiring in recent years, fueled in part by changes to their pensions.

In contrast, teachers and other public sector workers are still overwhelmingly offered defined benefit pension plans and more than four out of five teachers are enrolled in a DB plan today.

Indeed, the TUC recently reported that teachers put in more overtime than any other public sector workers and Kevin Courtney, deputy general secretary of the NUT, has said that teachers are «manifestly overworked» and that their jobs are becoming «increasingly stressful».

Sadly, the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health reported in 2014 that firefighters in particular have higher rates of cancer than other public sector workers, due to the harmful exposure to chemicals and toxic materials they encounter.