Sentences with phrase «police and fire unions»

The fight is also yet another chapter in the ongoing fight between Mr. de Blasio and Gov. Andrew Cuomo — who has come out in support of the police and fire unions and is backing the legislation in Albany to reverse the 2009 cut.

Police and fire unions as well as the construction trades union said their contributions were given to support Schroeder as city comptroller, and were made prior to any talk of Schroeder running for mayor.

A fight over disability pension benefits escalated on Friday, with the de Blasio administration defending its proposal and police and fire unions and members of the City Council claiming it short - changes uniformed workers, forcing them to choose between a better line - of - duty pension or a higher cost - of - living increase after retirement.

The distinction in disability pensions was created by former governor David Paterson as a cost - saving measure in 2009, and has become a flashpoint in a broader feud between de Blasio and the city's police and fire unions — one that Cuomo has seized on as he and the mayor fight over a host of other issues.

The Council passed the bill around the same time Governor Andrew Cuomo rallied in Albany for a different plan that has the support of police and fire unions.

Walker and the republican party wants to break the back of a group that supports the democrats, which is why he leaves out Police and Fire unions.

State rules, including a law requiring binding arbitration to resolve contract disputes with police and fire unions, inhibit cities from cutting some of their biggest costs, she said.

ALBANY — Mayor Bill de Blasio is getting a rare boost from a top Bloomberg aide, as former deputy mayor Howard Wolfson called Governor Andrew Cuomo's embrace of disability pension reform that police and fire unions are clamoring for «surprising and disappointing from a taxpayer perspective.»

That agenda must include repeal or modification of the Triborough Amendment, which preserves salary hikes even after the contracts of public employees have expired, and of compulsory binding arbitration, which further locks in unaffordable deals for police and fire unions.

Or wait, how about the 10 % sales tax that we now pay so that police and fire unions can retire at 50 with full pensions and literally BANKRUPT counties across the state (the number is at 15 and counting).

Not exact matches

2.Right - to - work is generally defined as a state where it is against the law for a union to be a so - called «closed shop,» requiring all employees to join a union and pay dues.The Michigan laws would make membership in a union and payment of dues voluntary and would cover both the private and public sector, except for fire and police unions.

Unions for police, fire, and the airport each have a different candidate in the race.

«This recommendation completely disregards the shared sacrifice of New York State's Uniformed Fire and Police who agreed to significant pension system reforms through the enactment of Tier V in 2010,» the unions stated.

Endorsements include: the Transportation Workers Union Local 100, the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Workers Union, Plumbers Union Local 1, the Uniformed Firefighters Association of Greater New York, Teamsters Joint Council 16, DC 9 IUPAT, Steamfitters Local 638, the New York Hotel and Motel Trades Council, the Detectives» Endowment Association, the National NYCPD 10 - 13 Organization, Port Authority PBA, the Uniformed Fire Officers Association, the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Workers Union Local 338, the Correction Officers» Benevolent Association, the Sergeants Benevolent Association, 32BJ SEIU, the Metallic Lathers and Iron Workers Local 46, the Bridge and Tunnel Officers Benevolent Association, the International Union of Elevator Constructors, the Uniformed Sanitationmen's Association Local 831, the Bricklayers and Allied Craftsmen Local # 2, the NYS Troopers Police Benevolent Association and TWU Local 106.

Despite that, the city has been rocked by a series of different shootings over the past couple of weeks, including the most recent, where a police officer drew fire, and a police union spokesperson said that many city residents feel less safe than ever.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg broadened his challenge to city workers» unions Wednesday when his administration proposed eliminating an annual $ 12,000 bonus for current police and fire retirees and workers as part of an overall plan to create a new tier of less generous benefits for future workers.

We need repeal of union give - aways like the Triborough Amendment which rigs union contracts and benefits, repeal of the Wicks Law which raises public construction costs, reform of binding arbitration rules affecting police and fire contracts, and movement toward defined contribution pension plans for public employees.»

This agreement, which will cost taxpayers $ 271.1 million, follows a pattern the de Blasio administration laid out with the Uniformed Superior Officers Coalition which represents eight uniformed unions spanning sanitation, police, fire and corrections officers.

The councilwoman was caught being fed an answer on stop - and - frisk by the head of the police union, Pat Lynch, and came under fire after she was caught repeatedly staring at her cell phone during a debate in May.

Gibson brought in receipts from unions, such as the police and fire locals, as well as racing interests, Crowley Maritime, and traditional Republican donors such as John Rood and John Baker.

State law allows all fire and police employees to live outside city lines therefore we should congratulate our local fire union for doing what is best for our city.

The organisers said they had received «massive support» from other agencies, including South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service, South Yorkshire Police, the Home Office and a number of trade unions.

As fire and police union officials rallied in Albany with Gov. Andrew Cuomo today for increased disability pension benefits for injured officers, the City Council hastily scheduled a hearing to vote through an opposing proposal from Mayor Bill de Blasio that the unions say does not go far enough.

Fire and police unions have been hammering the mayor for his refusal to back a reversal to a 2009 state law that cut the disability retirement benefits for firefighters or police officers who are wounded in the line of duty if they were hired after July 2009.

But because the law applied only to schools and not to other public employers, such as police and fire departments, teachers unions argued that it engaged in unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination.

His expertise is labor, education, and employment law with 40 years of experience representing, «over 100 school administrator associations, in addition to individual employees, school superintendents, and other public sector unions, including teacher, police, fire, secretarial, paraprofessional, nurse, and town hall employee units in collective bargaining, grievance arbitration, termination matters, and unfair labor practice complaints.

In the public sector, we represent unions in areas including the health care sector, education, provincial and municipal government, utilities, and police and fire services.

Laura Olhasso, Pasadena - Foothills Association of REALTORS ® director of government affairs, said that roughly 250 people attended the event, including elected officials, commissioners, developers, bankers, neighborhood associations, teachers, police and fire fighters union representatives and leadership from faith - based organizations.