Sentences with phrase «public employee collective»

An effort between school districts and the state's largest teachers union to collaborate has unraveled following Gov. Scott Walker's proposal to curtail public employee collective bargaining.

In neighboring Ohio, Governor John Kasich signed into law a bill that dealt a mortal blow to public employee collective bargaining rights.

Contribution rates for the Wisconsin Retirement System's main program will rise sharply in 2011, and the higher rates will play a key role in public employee collective bargaining and this year's elections.

Higher health insurance premiums have been a key topic in public employee collective bargaining this year.

By Matt Pommer Contribution rates for the Wisconsin Retirement System's main program will rise sharply in 2011, and the higher rates will play a key role in public employee collective bargaining and this year's elections.

RIP Jerome Lefkowitz, a labor lawyer and mediator who helped draft the Taylor Law that grants New York public employees collective bargaining rights but forbids them from striking.

The union's lawsuit accuses the city of violating the Taylor Law, which granted public employees collective bargaining rights, known as the Triborough Doctrine.

Superintendent Lolli Haws has previously expressed opposition to using a facilitator or mediator out of concern that the process would be illegal under public employees collective bargaining laws.

Not exact matches

Wisconsin is poised to strip collective bargaining rights from most of the state's 175,000 public employees in the boldest step by a new Republican governor and Legislature to solve budget problems by confronting organized labor.

And in 2011, Wisconsin's governor decimated public sector unions by taking away state and local government employee rights to collective bargaining, reversing a policy in place since 1959.

About 70 public works and parks and recreation employees along with police telecommunicators, all belonging to the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 368, have been without a new contract for 17 months since their collective bargaining agreement expired April employees along with police telecommunicators, all belonging to the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 368, have been without a new contract for 17 months since their collective bargaining agreement expired April Employees Local 368, have been without a new contract for 17 months since their collective bargaining agreement expired April 30, 2011.

About 70 public works and parks and recreation employees along with police dispatchers belong to the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 368, and they have been without a contract for 17 months since their collective bargaining agreement expired April employees along with police dispatchers belong to the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 368, and they have been without a contract for 17 months since their collective bargaining agreement expired April Employees Local 368, and they have been without a contract for 17 months since their collective bargaining agreement expired April 30, 2011.

American's have been brainwashed to think public sector unions are a problem... in reality — facing greater income inequality it is time for private sector employees to fully understand the benefits of collective bargaining!

All Government employees should realize that the process of collective bargaining, as usually understood, can not be transplanted into the public service.

Kim's story of what happened to teachers in Wisconsin after the Republican governor gutted collective bargaining rights for public employees is a wake - up call to anyone thinking «it can't happen here.»

The mailing was sent out in the districts of Sheila Harsdorff and Rob Cowles who are both anti-gay GOP representatives who backed Govenor Scott Walker's attempt to take away collective bargaining rights from public employees and are facing recall challenges from progressive Democrats Shelly Moore and Nancy Nusbaum

There was a reason why even FDR was against public employees unions and I quote «All Government employees should realize that the process of collective bargaining, as usually understood, can not be transplanted into the public service, It has its distinct and insurmountable limitations when applied to public personnel management»

There was a reason why even FDR was against public employees unions and I quote «All Government employees should realize that the process of collective bargaining, as usually understood, can not be transplanted into the public service, It has its distinct and insurmountable limitations when applied to public personnel management» «The very nature and purposes of Government make it impossible for administrative officials to represent fully or to bind the employer in mutual discussions with Government employee organizations» «The employer is the whole people, who speak by means of laws enacted by their representatives in Congress.

And she criticized his Republican opponent, saying Tom Foley wants to be like Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, who passed legislation that weakened collective bargaining rights of public employees.

Not everyone was so happy to see the Wisconsin governor, who shot to national prominence for stripping his state's public employees of collective bargaining rights and subsequently passing controversial «right - to - work» laws.

The case, Janus v. AFSCME, challenges the money that public unions representing teachers, firefighters, nurses and other government employees collect from non-members to cover their share of collective bargaining costs.

Collective bargaining agreements would have to be modified for covered employees, perhaps most challenging for the public sector and in situations with agreements for future increases already in place.

Clinton's comments came during a 32 - minute speech in which she took aim at Walker and his signature legislation that all but eliminated collective bargaining rights for most public employees and his proposal in the last state budget to cut funding for higher education.

* Breaking: Another national poll finds support for public unions: Gallup finds that more Americans support public employee unions than GOP governors in their standoffs over collective bargaining, 48 - 39.

The law in question takes away nearly all collective bargaining rights from public workers and also forces state employees to contribute more toward their pension and health care benefits, amounting to an 8 percent pay cut.

MADISON, Wis. (AP)-- A Republican - controlled legislative committee on Thursday approved the first Wisconsin state employee pay plan created under a new law that takes away nearly all collective bargaining rights for public workers, despite objections from those who will be covered by it.

Ante is raised in Wisconsin as GOP cuts collective bargaining rights: Wisconsin Senate Republicans used what Democrats are calling «the nuclear option» Wednesday night, manuvering to pass a controversial bill stripping public employee unions of collective bargaining rights.

New York's 30 - year - old «Triborough Amendment» requires public employers to maintain all contractual perks for unionized public employees, including automatic «step» increases in pay, after the expiration of a collective bargaining agreement.

Madison, Wisconsin (CNN)- Wisconsin's Republican - led state Senate passed Gov. Scott Walker's proposed restrictions on collective bargaining for public employees Wednesday, getting around a Democratic walkout by stripping financial provisions from the bill.

In a blog post earlier today, Chuck Lane takes issue with my dire assessment of Wisconsin's Republican Gov. Scott Walker's proposal to deny collective bargaining rights to the state's public employees.

MADISON, Wis. (AP)-- The leader of the state's largest public employee union says the workers are willing to make financial concessions to Gov. Scott Walker but will not give up their collective bargaining rights.

In 2011, after a fierce public battle, Gov. Scott Walker and the state Legislature passed Act 10, which stripped public employee unions of most of their collective bargaining rights.

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP)-- Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Jeff Fitzgerald says the Republican - led chamber will pass a bill cutting collective bargaining rights for most public employees despite noisy protests inside the Capitol that have gone on...

SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP)-- A Republican - controlled legislative committee on Thursday approved the first Wisconsin state employee pay plan created under a new law that takes away nearly all collective bargaining rights for public workers, despite...

Thousands of angry public employees descended on the Wisconsin state Capitol in 2011 to protest Gov. Scott Walker's plan to strip away their collective bargaining rights.

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP)-- Public employees were reeling Friday trying to figure out what to do after Gov. Scott Walker asked the Legislature to remove nearly all collective bargaining rights for teachers, prison guards and...

By James Briggs Feeling backed into a corner by Gov. Scott Walker's proposal to eliminate collective bargaining rights for public employees, thousands of public and private union workers filled the state Capitol and surrounded the square Tuesday.

But public employees are rightfully worried about surprise moves, noting that Walker didn't campaign on collective bargaining changes before introducing them in the Legislature.

Achieving that portion of the $ 302 million «presumes that Cuomo will be able to knock out State Police, correctional officers and other unionized employees with three zeros,» said Lee Adler, who teaches public sector collective bargaining and labor law at Cornell University's ILR School, referring to the lack of salary increases.

But his attempt to end collective bargaining for many public employees — and the subsequent union revolt — have made him a national hero for conservatives and a national villain for liberals.

Majorities oppose cutting public employee benefits or pay in order to reduce state budget deficits or taking away some collective bargaining rights from public employee unions.

The latest New York Times - CBS poll found Americans oppose efforts to weaken the collective bargaining rights of public employee unions by a margin of almost two to one — 60 percent to 33 percent.

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP)-- After focusing for weeks on his proposal to strip public employees of collective bargaining rights, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker prepared Tuesday to unveil full details of his two - year budget plan, which...

She is expected to negotiate new collective bargaining agreements with the five major public employee unions during her four - year term.

(CNN)- Republican Gov. Scott Walker scored a big victory Thursday after the Wisconsin Supreme Court upheld the collective bargaining rights law that angered public employees but rocketed Walker into national GOP fame.

The harsh glare of state accountability systems has brought to public attention the expansive collective - bargaining agreements that local school boards negotiate with their employees.

Americans only need look at Wisconsin, where the governor and lawmakers pushed through legislation curtailing the collective bargaining rights of teachers and other public employees.

The root of this difficulty is that both sides in public - employee negotiations find it in their interest to reduce the wage portion of the overall collective bargaining agreement — which, in the case of the Chicago public school teachers, is quite high at over $ 75,000 per year — in favor of larger pension benefits under a «defined benefits» plan.

In North Carolina, public - sector collective bargaining is illegal, so principals are not required to fire the most recently hired employees.

Employees who are covered by collective bargaining contracts and who were hired to work in the public school system before 1980 will not be affected by the measure.