Sentences with phrase «percent pay raise»

The legislature has already cleared an 8 percent pay raise for teachers.

For teachers, that foundation would be a 10 percent pay raise across - the - board.

They say a five percent pay raise for teachers is not enough.

After 16 months of tense negotiations that included a two - week strike last year, unions representing 45,000 Verizon employees announced tentative new contracts that call for an 8 percent pay raise over four years while requiring workers to pay more for health coverage.

And most of them, if not all of them, will tell you that it has very little to do with student results,» said Sen. Harry Brown, who supports giving teachers an 11 percent pay raise by eliminating teacher assistants in the second and third grades.

According to statistics from the nonpartisan Fiscal Research staff at the General Assembly, teachers saw an average 8 percent pay raise in 2006 - 07, an average 5 percent raise in 2007 - 08, and an average 3 percent raise in 2008 - 09.

The officers have said they are willing to forego the $ 500 bonus and are just asking for the 3 percent pay raise retroactive to July 1, 2010, and the 2 percent raise increase effective January 1, 2012.

The county agreed to give other groups of its employees a 3 percent raise retroactive to January 1, 2009, a $ 500 bonus effective January 1 of this year, and a 2 percent pay raise effective January 1, 2012, but it has taken a harder line with its probation officers.

The Patersons» increased their bottom line in 2009, thanks to a 40 percent pay raise received by First Lady Michelle Paige Paterson.

A commission is considering granting as much as a 47 percent pay raise for state lawmakers, and the proposal is generating some backlash, including from Governor Andrew Cuomo.

The union didn't recoup the 4 percent raise that had been rescinded the year before; instead it won raises of 2 to 3 percent per year (or an average of a 17.6 percent pay raise over the period of the contract) on top of the traditional «step - and - lane» raises for experience and degrees.

Seems that the Santa Ana Educators Association had pushed for and received an across - the - board 10 percent pay raise in 2015.

Strike organizers called for an end to the walkout Thursday after a dramatic all - night legislative session resulted in a 20 percent pay raise by 2020.

The firm also posed this hypothetical question: What would you trade a 20 percent pay raise for?

The proposed $ 100.8 million budget will spend millions on police and fire pensions as well as a 3 percent pay raise for city workers.

A commission is considering granting as much as a 47 percent pay raise for state lawmakers, and the proposal is generating some backlash, including from Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

In a move that critics say appears to be an attempt at downplaying the controversial decision, NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio tucked a last minute notice into the City Record on Friday announcing he would sign into law a bill that guarantees 32 percent pay raises for Council members.

But now Cuomo says lawmakers need to speak up and reveal to voters before Nov. 8 whether or not they think they deserve a 47 percent pay raise.

For the working class people of the economically - depressed North Country, this might include an annual 3 percent pay raise.

The deal, which was ratified by union members on September 16, included a 4.5 percent pay raise and, according to the Sacramento Bee, «a $ 250 bonus once the deal was ratified.»

In recent months, she negotiated new contracts with non-uniformed employees that provide 2 percent pay raises, but the city payroll is still more than $ 1 million lower than when Miner took office.

The vote also hikes the salary for the mayor from $ 225,000 to $ 258,750 — a 15 percent hike — and awards 12 percent pay raises to the comptroller, public advocate and other elected officials.

UPPER EAST SIDE — City Council members Dan Garodnick and Ben Kallos will likely make more than the people they serve this year, thanks to a council - wide 32 percent pay raise.

Members of the United Federation of Teachers today ratified by a more than 3 to 1 margin a new contract that gives members an 18 percent pay raise, including full retroactive pay.

Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey on Thursday announced a 20 percent pay raise by the 2020 school year.

Nonetheless, teachers should receive an 8 percent pay raise for the second straight year, and the state's education finance formula should be funded at record - high levels, the Republican governor said during his State of the State Address on Jan 11.

The bitter tug - of - war over Denver's performance - pay plan has ended with the teachers» union and the school district reaching a compromise agreement that includes a 3 percent pay raise for all teachers and higher starting salaries.

After a nine - day strike that ended two weeks ago, West Virginia teachers managed to secure a 5 percent pay raise, among other concessions.

Georgia teachers will receive a 3 percent pay raise and funding for the state's Quality Basic Education Act will be increased as a result of the legislature's adoption of the first major tax increase in 18 years.

Teachers returned to work after having secured a 5 percent pay raise, among other concessions.

Back in their classrooms after a nearly three - week strike that ended just before Thanksgiving, teachers in Billings, Mont., approved a hard - fought contract last week that will give them 2.5 percent pay raises and additional help with health insurance.

A 3.6 percent pay raise for public school and community college employees..

For teachers who are at the bottom and currently making $ 30,800, McCrory's plan would be close to a 14 percent pay raise for beginning teachers over two years.

Brooks says he stands to gain a 0.3 percent pay raise, but won't see the longevity pay bump of 4.3 percent this year, according to his calculations.

The three - year contract, which has an option for a fourth year and which awaits a ratification vote by the 29,000 - member Chicago Teachers Union, calls for an average 17.6 percent pay raise over four years and some benefit improvements.

Senate leaders unveiled portions of a 2015 - 17 budget proposal Monday that gives teachers an average four percent pay raise and lowers class sizes in the early grades — but much like last year's initial Senate proposal, the budget would also substantially gut funding for teacher assistants by eliminating more than 8,500 * TA jobs over the biennium.

Senate proposes cutting more than 8,500 * teacher assistant positions Senate leaders unveiled portions of a 2015 - 17 budget proposal Monday that gives teachers an average four percent pay raise and lowers class sizes in the early grades — but much...

It's unclear how the lieutenant governor arrived at an average 11 percent pay raise for teachers — he could be adding numbers together, like adding the recent 7 percent raise with an expected 4 percent average raise that could come when lawmakers pass a budget, said DPI's Price.

Palm Springs and Desert Sands Unified school districts have offered their teachers four to five percent pay raises.

Salt Lake District is offering teachers a 9 percent pay raise.

The Senate plan would give teachers, who have suffered from no significant pay raises for more than five years, an 11 percent pay raise.

Since the successful strike in West Virginia, in which teachers and education support professionals pressured Governor Jim Justice to agree to a 5 percent pay raise, the message around education funding and teacher pay has clearly struck a chord with the general public.

Leaders in the state Senate have offered an eight percent pay raise for teachers as they inch closer to putting together a budget.

In the past year, Emanuel stripped teachers of a 4 percent pay raise, and his effort to institute longer school days while sidestepping the union contract has infuriated union members.

Faced with a $ 4 million budget deficit, school officials got a reminder of their financial troubles on Tuesday when a couple hundred teachers rallied outside the district offices before a board meeting demanding more than the 1 percent pay raise the district is offering.

For example, in Arizona, which according to data from the National Education Association in 2016 reported some of the lowest per - student spending in the country, educators want a 20 percent pay raise and the restoration of funding cuts.

Arizona teachers are demanding a 20 percent pay raise and more than $ 1 billion in new education funding.