Sentences with phrase «protest pension cuts»

Thousands of Puerto Ricans are marching to protest pension cuts, school closures and slow hurricane recovery efforts as anger grows across the U.S. territory over looming austerity measures.

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Pensioners demonstrate to protest against deep cuts to pensions and measures included in the government's draft 2018 budget, on November 23, 2017 in Athens.

As falling GDP, rising unemployment, cuts in wages and pensions, increases in taxes, cuts in public services all continue to bite, the question may not be why are there so many protests in Greece but rather why there aren't more.

Then Wednesday will see a massive walkout by public sector workers protesting against cuts to their pensions arrangements.

The strike starts a six - week programme of protests by the union's members working in environment and forms part of a civil service - wide campaign over the government's imposed cuts to pay, pensions, jobs and working conditions.

The protests come as governments across the eurozone push through cuts to public sector pensions, wages and services, in return for a financial bailout.

Mr Barber's latest attack on the government comes as his organisation prepares for the «TUC Day of Action» on November 30th when up to three million workers will take part in stoppages, meetings and rallies in protest over the government's decision to cut public sector pensions.

Following a 13 - day statewide strike among West Virginia teachers last month which culminated in an across - the - board 5 percent raise, teachers in Arizona have conducted a series demonstrations demanding higher pay, while Kentucky teachers have rallied to protest proposed cuts to their pensions.

At the end of last week, police pepper sprayed members of the Puerto Rican teachers union (FMPR) as they protested against the Fiscal Oversight Board's plan to close nearly another 300 schools, lay off thousands of teachers, cut their pensions, and impose charter schools.

Teachers there are protesting a bill they say would cut their pensions.