Sentences with phrase «public and private sector workers»

Public and private sector workers in the northwestern U.S. have limited access for affordable housing.

Washington, DC, July 28, 2011 — Public and private sector workers in the Northeast need more affordable housing opportunities.

«The government looks increasingly likely to extend the off - payroll IR35 rules in this week's Budget to level the field between the public and private sector workers.

If you're in the latter group, you likely feel slighted — that the public and private sector workers with their rock - solid defined benefit pensions have it better.

Danny Donohue is president of the 300,000 member CSEA — New York's leading union — representing public and private sector workers doing every kind of job in every part of New York.

On the subject of public and private sector workers, note the main voting intention question.

YouGov also asked a series of questions about public sector pensions — 74 % of people thought that public sector pensioners got a better deal than those who worked in the private sector and 60 % of those thought they did not deserve this (predictably there was a huge difference between public and private sector workers on this question — 55 % of public sector workers thought that, yes, they did deserve better pensions than the private sector).

At its heart, the scapegoating of public employees is an insidious way to divide public and private sector workers who share many of the same interests.

Scapegoating public employees is an insidious way of dividing public and private sector workers who share common interests.

«Vested interests are trying to create a wedge between public and private sector workers, when in reality they have common cause on this.

Not exact matches

PRPPs, as proposed, are subject to the same rules and therefore won't allow private - sector workers to match what their public counterparts can save.

During the 1980s and early 1990s, high public deficits and private - sector downsizings prompted employers to jettison older workers.

For several years, Cameco has tied compensation to environmental sustainability and worker safety, because «being in the uranium business, the company understands the importance of the social licence from the community,» says Nancy Hopkins, a lawyer who sits on several private - and public - sector boards, including Cameco's.

Public - and private - sector workers in North America demanding greater access to retirement - planning tools through digital channels.

Further to my earlier post showing that the public / private sector pay gap is mainly due to more equal pay for women in service jobs, Â a recent piece from Canadian Public Policy by Hou and Coulombe shows that the pay gap between Canadian born racialized workers and non racialized workers exists almost entirely in the private sector and not in the public spublic / private sector pay gap is mainly due to more equal pay for women in service jobs, Â a recent piece from Canadian Public Policy by Hou and Coulombe shows that the pay gap between Canadian born racialized workers and non racialized workers exists almost entirely in the private sector and not in the public sPublic Policy by Hou and Coulombe shows that the pay gap between Canadian born racialized workers and non racialized workers exists almost entirely in the private sector and not in the public spublic sector.

Lets just say this, using the census data, controlling on 4 digit occupation (NocS), gender and age, there is less than a 2 % difference in average annual pay, between private and public sector workers working within similar occupations.

Patrick Colford concludes by saying: «The New Brunswick Federation of Labour will be looking for political party's platforms to include commitments for improving labour laws so that all workers are entitled to paid sick leave, investing in public services to protect society's most vulnerable citizens and adopting pay equity legislation that covers the private sector.»

Eroding pension plans by shifting risk onto vulnerable employees and retirees with limited ability to absorb income cuts is quite in keeping with the Harper government's determination to lower the boom on public sector workers and improve the profitability of their corporate friends in the private sector.

At the federal level, the wage premium for public sector workers was 7.8 per cent for males and 16.0 per cent for females compared to the private sector.

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.

Unite general secretary Len McCluskey said: «Our legal challenge against the coalition government is hugely significant for workers in both the public and private sectors.

To support private sector efforts in expanding access to housing, the Ministry of Finance will partner with banks, pension trustees and securities market players to start a process of developing and deepening the local mortgage and housing finance market to offer affordable mortgages at subsidized interest rate beginning with public sector workers.

Their goods are transported by road, their workers are educated in schools, their customers are part of sophisticated networks taking in the private sector, the public sector and charities.

I make it 21 to date, including tax - cuts for low - earners, the introduction of a mansion tax, a major council house - building programme, cuts to universal benefits for wealthy pensioners, rent reforms for private tenants, a living wage for public sector workers, and an elected House of Lords.

Mr Cameron accused the chancellor of a «craven surrender» in allowing these workers to retire at 60 - Lord Turner is expected to call for a general rise in retirement age to 67 - and argued that any pensions scheme must be equitable for private and public sector workers.

'' The NHF is a scheme into which Nigerian workers in the public and private sector, earning a minimum of N3, 000 per annum, contribute 2.5 per cent of their monthly income.

«It is on record that we have never, since the inception of this administration, had any dispute with the organized labour and I will be the first to admit that the Labour Unions in Lagos State have been most responsible and while, at the same time, being dogged in their advocacy for the promotion of the interests of workers in Lagos State, both in the public and private sector groups.

«It has to be seen in the context of the decision to limit public sector workers» pay increases to one per cent and the fact that some private sector workers have had their pay cut.»

A report by Policy Exchange published last week claimed that public sector workers are better off than their private sector counterparts in terms of hours worked, retirement age and pension quality.

He noted that workers in corporate Ghana, both the private and public sectors wear tags so there is nothing wrong with the tagging of Fulanis.

As Political Director of the New York City Central Labor Council, Carrión has forged deep partnerships among 300 local unions from every trade, occupation, and public and private sector of the New York economy, representing a wide spectrum of workers, including teachers, truck drivers, operating engineers, nurses, construction workers, electricians, firefighters, retail workers, janitors, train operators, bakers, and many more who are the face of today's workforce.

We believe the public - sector workers we represent, the governor's own workforce, should have the same expectation of job growth and stability as those workers in the private sector.

Decent pensions for everyone — private and public sector workers and a decent state pension — should be a priority for any responsible Government.»

While accusatory fingers are almost always pointed at politicians and workers in the public sector for topping the corruption chart, Rev. Kennedy Okosun, the Chairman of Krif Foundation, a non-governmental organisation, said people forgot that it was the private sector and citizens who offered or tempted public officials.

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.

The proposals within the collection echo the sentiment of David Cameron's «big society» agenda and pushes for the government to encourage workers in the private and public sectors to form mutuals in order to aid what its authors described as a «broken» economy.

«On Friday we'll be hearing from Len McCluskey, the newly elected general secretary of Unite - a union like ours that represents workers in both the public and private sectors, a union that knows the importance of campaigning hard, and a union with which we will be signing a joint agreement to embed our new working relationship at every level.

While he's always kept close ties to private - sector unions, the governor is much tougher on public employee unions, including those that represent teachers and state workers.

«I can look you in the eye and say public service pensions will remain among the very best... much better, indeed, than for many private sector workers.

It has overseen an explosion in the wage bill of the state, to the point where the average public - sector worker now earns # 74 more per week than a private - sector employee, as well as having much better pension and other entitlements.»

The lineup of groups opposing a constitutional convention includes: environmental groups, gay rights organizations, New York City cops, Western New York auto industry workers, the state chapter of the National Rifle Association, every imaginable public and private - sector union, political leaders on the left and right and even a group called «Humanists of Long Island.»

A survey by Unison, revealed that public sector workers now live in fear that spending cuts will mean unemployment - and this is starting to take it's toll in people defecting to the private sector.

Proposals: Chancellor George Osborne will publish plans that could see public sector workers transferred to less generous pensions Public sector workers could see their «gold - plated» pensions slashed to make it easier to transfer services to private firms and charpublic sector workers transferred to less generous pensions Public sector workers could see their «gold - plated» pensions slashed to make it easier to transfer services to private firms and charPublic sector workers could see their «gold - plated» pensions slashed to make it easier to transfer services to private firms and charities.

There is a growing divergence between private and public sector workers.

He said that he would promote «more job security for workers in private and public sectors» as well as «promoting fairness in pay and aspiration.

David Cameron led Ed Miliband by 15 points (42 % to 27 %) as best Prime Minister in the national poll, though it was notable that his lead was twice as high among men (22 points) than among women (10 points), and more than twice as high among private sector workers (24 points) than public (10 points)-- though for him to have any sort of lead among public sector workers in the current climate is an achievement worth noting.

The lineup of opposition groups includes: environmental groups, gay rights organizations, New York City cops, Western New York auto industry workers, the state chapter of the National Rifle Association, every imaginable public and private - sector union, political leaders on the left and right and even a group called «Humanists of Long Island.»

«Compared with the private sector, the public sector still offers black workers better pay, more professional opportunities and more job security.»

These data indicate that about 95 percent of union workers have access to employer - provided medical insurance in both the public and private sectors, and their participation rate is essentially the same in both sectors (78 to 79 percent).

In the public and private sectors, for both single and family coverage, the employer cost is higher for union workers than for nonunion workers.