Sentences with phrase «public employee union contracts»

«No one has a big interest in the tax component,» one Albany insider said, adding that there was a growing belief in the state capitol that the tax increases were a surreptitious way of funding the city's looming public employee union contracts.

[i] Enacted in 1982, the amendment mandates that all provisions of a public employee union contract — including those providing for automatic annual pay increases — must remain in effect even after the contract expires, regardless of changing local priorities and fiscal conditions.

Not exact matches

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.

The contract comes about seven months after New York's second - largest state worker union, the white collar Public Employees Federation, reached its own three - year deal with 2 percent annual raises, no increases in negotiated health - care premium sharing and no givebacks.

The 1977 case, Abood v. Detroit Board of Education, allows public sector unions to require non-union members to pay a fee for the services provided to all employees regarding contract negotiations and administration.

Paterson, however, has held out for more cuts and focused instead pressuring public - employee unions to accept $ 250 million in contract concessions.

One insider said two of the large public - employee unions did make a last - minute offer of some concessions to the governor, but only in exchange for a firm, four - year contract guarantee, including wage hikes.

The state still has financial problems, even after Quinn canceled contracts with public employee unions.

Nearly two - thirds of voters say Cuomo has treated public employee unions, with whom is is currently in contract negotiations, fairly during his first three months in office.

The New York State Public Employees Federation (PEF) continues to wait to hear back from the state's negotiating team on the status of the union's contract offer.

Looks like the state's # 2 public employee union is not ready to follow CSEA's lead and agree to a new contract deal.

Two labor unions, 32BJ and SEIU Local 200 United, are poised to launch an on - line advertising campaign in hopes of pushing a bill through the Legislature that would force public utilities to pay prevailing wages and provide health care benefits to their contract employees.

CSEA, the county's largest public employee union, has been working without a contract since the end of 2012.

Under current law, public employees covered by union contracts are under no obligation to pay for the political activities of their unions.

«The contract with the teachers» union expired in October 2009, while contracts with the union for principals and other school administrators and District Council 37, the city's largest public employee union, expired in March 2010.

And, on that and other issues, the fiscally conservative mayor has publicly battled Rochester's public - employee unions, calling their contract benefits economically unsustainable.

Members of the state's second - largest public workers union have voted to approve a three - year contract with the state, the leaders of the Public Employees Federation announced Wednesday evpublic workers union have voted to approve a three - year contract with the state, the leaders of the Public Employees Federation announced Wednesday evPublic Employees Federation announced Wednesday evening.

This year's contract negotiations between the union and the state stand in stark contrast to Cuomo's initial battle with public employees unions after taking office in 2011.

The deal offered to Civil Service Employees Association Local 058, to run through 2022, is similar to a contract recently approved by one of the state's largest unions, the Public Employees Federation, with 2 percent annual raises going forward.

ALBANY, NY (10/17/2011)(readMedia)-- The Executive Board of the New York State Public Employees Federation (PEF) today voted to send a revised contract agreement with the state to the full union membership for ratification.

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.»

Cuomo's statement released earlier in the day on the Council 82 agreement specifically called out the unions, saying that, «If similar contract terms were adopted by New York's other public employee unions, the state could achieve the $ 450 million in savings needed to avoid the 9,800 layoffs.»

Cuomo negotiated cheaper state worker contracts with the public employee unions while dangling the threat of layoffs in front of them if they didn't agree to his terms.

But early on as governor he was at odds with public - sector labor groups, including public employee unions he battled over contract renewals as well as a new, less generous pension tier during his first term.

As Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced his team to start negotiations with the two biggest public employee unions his director of state operations, Howard Glaser, was telling state lawmakers the administration will move ahead with the layoff process if a contracted deal isn't reached in the next four weeks.

The state's second largest union, the Public Employees Federation, initially voted down their contract, but support a cost - neutral alternative.

Cuomo's representatives have been at the negotiating table with two large public employee unions, the Civil Service Employees Association and the Public Employees Federation, since their contracts expired Appublic employee unions, the Civil Service Employees Association and the Public Employees Federation, since their contracts expired ApPublic Employees Federation, since their contracts expired April 1.

Negotiations with the public employee unions on contracts will have a dramatic impact on the budget as the county grapples with the rising cost of health insurance and rapidly escalating costs of paying into the public employee retirement and pension system.

ALBANY, NY (09/26/2011)(readMedia)-- The president of the New York State Public Employees Federation (PEF) will hold a press conference Tuesday, September 27, at the American Arbitration Association in Manhattan to announce the ballot count results on the union's tentative contract agreement with the state.

The raises come as the administration heads toward contract negotiations with the Public Employees Federation, a union of 54,000 white - collar state workers whose current agreement expires on April 1.

This is because those rules were long ago written into labor contracts, giving public employee unions a veto over any reforms.

The two largest state worker unions have already settled on new contracts with givebacks, though one of them, the Public Employees Federation, had to hold a second vote, after the agreement was initially voted down.

Fights over to what extent the county is responsible for paying the full cost of employees» health care have sprung up recently after heated negotiations between the Astorino administration and the Civil Service Employees Association, CSEA — a union representing the county's public sector workers — failed to produce a compromise, including a contract offer that the union rejected earlier themployees» health care have sprung up recently after heated negotiations between the Astorino administration and the Civil Service Employees Association, CSEA — a union representing the county's public sector workers — failed to produce a compromise, including a contract offer that the union rejected earlier thEmployees Association, CSEA — a union representing the county's public sector workers — failed to produce a compromise, including a contract offer that the union rejected earlier this month.

Cuomo, increasingly worried that many cities and counties face the threat of financial bankruptcy, is also considering tying pay hikes to «significant» mandate relief for local governments, including possible changes in «Triborough Law,» which favors public - employee unions over local governments in contract talks, a source close to the Legislature said.

Governor Andrew Cuomo and the state worker union, the Public Employees Federation, are going down to the wire over a deal to forge a new contract agreement or face 3500 lay offs.

Voters opposed to fracking, and certain public employee unions unhappy with their contracts and teacher evaluations were the most motivated in this primary.»

The teachers» union, for example, have agreed to a contract without a salary increase for the first year and a half, while superior officers have assented to keeping their pay flat for 11 months — «zeroes» in public employee parlance, unacceptable to Mr. Lynch, whose members are among the lowest paid big - city cops in the country.

Flashback to the new PBA contract, plus all the pacts that came before it, which speak to this fact: Unions, particularly public employee unions, pretty much run state and local politics in NewUnions, particularly public employee unions, pretty much run state and local politics in Newunions, pretty much run state and local politics in New York.

The contract agreement with Council 82 — which Cuomo's office labeled «historic» — comes as the governor is trying to seek concessions from the other public employee unions in the state.

Soaring pension obligations resulting from contracts won by politically influential public employees» unions have become a financial liability for state and many local governments.

There is some level of interest in the troopers deal since contracts with other major state employee unions, most notably the Public Employees Federation, will expire this year, meaning that contract talks could be starting in the next several months.

ALBANY, NY (11/02/2011)(readMedia)-- The New York State Public Employees Federation (PEF) will hold a press conference Thursday, November 3, at PEF headquarters in Latham to announce the ballot count results on the union's revised tentative contract agreement with the state.

He recently approved a contract with the Public Employees Federation, a major union, that included 2 percent raises each year.

Writing in an open letter to Brown in 2011, Donnelly accused the governor of submitting new contract agreements that «protect the well - paid public employee unions, even at the cost of students, public safety, and jobs.»

Public employee unions have a huge amount of sway near the heart of the state's bureaucracy, and in 2014, they worked against the governor who had angered their members with his tough negotiations on labor contracts and his support for pension and education reforms.

While at the authority, he called for three years of «net zero» increases in labor costs; that was in line with what his predecessor, Jay H. Walder, had pursued and in line with the contracts that Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo had negotiated with the state's public employee unions.

Lawyers for Minnesota's public - employee unions say that state's law, passed last December to help close a $ 312 - million budget deficit, is unconstitutional because it abrogates the workers» constitutional claims to contract and equal - protection rights.

A federal district judge has ruled that the Maryland legislature had a right to reform the public employees» retirement system, despite allegations by the Maryland State Teachers» Association and other unions that in doing so the state violated a contract agreement.

Chicago Public Schools said it will quit paying the bulk of pension contributions for more than 2,000 nonunion workers, a move that lays groundwork for the district to request similar concessions from the Chicago Teachers Union and other employees with labor contracts.

On the other side, public employee unions argue that agency fees are needed to avoid the «free rider» problem — i.e., non-members receiving benefits provided by union contracts, but not paying for them.