Sentences with phrase «reforms over union»

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Last April, facing a Federal Court lawsuit launched by unions over the HD Mining workers, the federal government introduced reforms to the program, including removing a provision that allowed employers to pay temporary foreign workers up to 15 per cent less than the prevailing Canadian wage.

The tense negotiations over Greece's debt come as the Greek government struggles to find a consensus to pass the budget reforms demanded by its so - called troika of lenders — the European Central Bank, European Union and International Monetary Fund — in exchange for releasing the next installment of bailout money, a 30 billion euro ($ 38.3 billion) payout scheduled to be released in March.

In order to implement labor reforms, Macron is going to have to take on the French unions and reduce their political power, which is immense and which has been accumulated over decades of French political infighting.

The Chicago Teachers Union jabbed at Mayor - elect Rahm Emanuel on Thursday over education reforms pending in Springfield, a sign that upcoming talks on a new contract might not be easy.

France marks Labor Day as President Emmanuel Macron finds himself in a protracted battle with unions and students over his reform plans.

Losing her at a time when the unions are gearing up for a major battle with Cuomo over education reform would be disruptive — to say the least.

Whether it's over NHS reform, academies, pensions or slashing government waste, no news report would be complete without a trade union general secretary reciting their well - rehearsed and predictable lines, attacking cuts and bankers.

The government has said it is determined to secure agreement on the budget in its presidency of the union, which ends at the end of this year, but talks are currently in deadlock, primarily over the rebate and the reform of the Cap.

Trade unions from across the public sector are warning Labour that there is «widespread anger and resentment» over proposed reforms to the public sector pension schemes.

«If the governor is going to hire people for his political operation, he should be much more transparent and not bury them in corners of state government so as to avoid scrutiny,» said Dick Dadey, executive director of the government reform group Citizens Union, which is currently in litigation with the Cuomo administration over a 2016 nonprofit lobbying law.

Such voices include the public sector unions who oppose radical reform of schools and hospitals and the foreign office establishment that favours multilateralism and stability over pre-emption and regime change.

He spoke out as sources at the civil service PCS union, which joined teachers on strike in June in a row over the Government's pension reforms, said its national executive had agreed to hold another one - day walkout in the autumn.

After Falkirk and the reform proposals — not to mention continuing tensions over a perceived lack of Labour support for the unions» anti-austerity agenda — it is shaping up to be an unforgettable conference season for us all.

Lately, the union and City Hall have been at odds over reforms on Rikers Island, but it appears they have set aside their differences for now.

Mr. Seabrook, the union leader who has been a proud obstacle to plenty of the reform efforts aimed at Rikers Island by Mr. de Blasio over the last several years — he filed court documents to try to stop a new use of force policy and has held City Hall press conferences decrying the mayor's policies and telling him to «shape up or ship out» — pointed to something that would probably be an even larger obstacle to closing down the city's controversial jail complex: resistance from residential neighborhoods who don't want inmates nearby.

ALBANY — Teachers» unions are leveraging an unprecedented statewide protest of standardized testing in public schools as their latest weapon in a war with Governor Andrew Cuomo over education reform — whether the parent activists who began the so - called «opt out» movement like it or not.

After last week's Vergara v. California ruling, New York's teachers unions and education reform groups are preparing to battle over expected legal action seeking to change the state's tenure laws.

Rather, it argues that changes over recent years, starting perhaps with the fundamental shift in sovereignty inherent in accession to the European Union, but accelerating with the piecemeal reforms promoted by the Blair administration and promised, but so far not realised, by Gordon Brown, have moved us to a new constitutional settlement.

Since he made those comments during an interview with the Daily News editorial board, Cuomo has reiterated his intentions to battle unions over education reforms, most recently with a letter he sent to state education officials outlining what appeared to be his second - term schools agenda, including questions about firing teachers, extending the probationary period before tenure and boosting the charter school sector.

But two rows behind Callaghan, elegant as always, is the redoubtable Barbara Castle, champion of the new child benefit — it was then only payable to women, not men — and recently sacked as social security secretary by Sunny Jim, an old enemy from their battle over trade union reform.

The government reform group Citizens Union, which has taken to running a corruption tracker on its website, will now have to add two more names to the dozens of lawmakers convicted of crimes over the past decade and a half.

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

Governor Cuomo and lawmakers are deliberating behind the scenes on their remaining disagreements over the state budget, as unions and others expressed doubts about a recently approved pension reform plan.

ALBANY — Citizens Union has filed a lawsuit against Gov. Andrew Cuomo, the Joint Commission on Public Ethics and Attorney General Eric Schneiderman over a provision in a June reform bill, the group announced Tuesday.

An Albany Times Union editorial argues that the failure to pass reform legislative session casts a cloud over the entire legislative session and that it must be a top priority when the -LSB-...]

Problems with the NHS and disputes over education reform have also led to major clashes between the leadership and the left of the party, while disputes over pensions have also soured relationships with many unions.

Christie and Malloy have clashed repeatedly — and quite publicly — over both personality and policy, particularly when it comes to negotiating with public employee unions, pension reform and budgeting.

Albany's long legislative session is over, but teachers» unions and education reform groups are now engaged in spin campaigns involving the cap on charter schools.

The U.F.T. has led the union - driven fight against Cuomo's education reforms, organizing a series of emergency meetings and forums over the last month.

Mayor Bill de Blasio — who has in recent months faced anger from police union officials and some rank - and - file cops over his NYPD reform agenda — touted the murder - free stretch this evening.

David Cameron personally welcomed the launch of the Trade Union Reform Campaign by myself and over a dozen MPs to campaign on this matter.

Teaching unions and government appear to be at loggerheads over reforms to exams and the curriculum.

Earlier this year in the wake of the row over candidate selection in Falkirk, Ed Miliband announced that he wanted to reform the relationship between Labour and its affiliated trade union members.

Within a span of just five days, Teachout's long - shot Democratic campaign won round one of a legal battle with Cuomo over her residency, though the governor is appealing the Brooklyn judge's ruling; got a much - needed infusion of some $ 50,000, thanks to a boost from the political action committee of Harvard law professor and leading campaign finance reform advocate Lawrence Lessig; and announced an endorsement from the Public Employees Federation, New York's second - largest public union.

a) A reformed system of party funding, including a ban on individual donations of more than # 50,000, with party spending limited to # 100m over a parliament and a «shake up» of union contributions.

The state Comptroller has largely sided with the unions in the fight over a pension reform package approved in all night session March 15th.

«We fight for unions and the reforms that reduce the power of big money over our elections.

Cuomo and the teacher unions have been at war over the governor's proposed education - reform package that would revamp the teacher tenure and evaluation programs, make it easier to fire bad and lecherous instructors, and expand charter schools.

Gov. Cuomo has been at war with teachers unions over his education - reform package.

One senior figure concerned over the proposed changes told me: «There is a real irony that what started out as a reform to diminish union influence could end up as a reform which diminishes MP influence and increases union influence.»

It comes as the union announced it was to cut its affiliation funds in the wake of the row over party reforms.

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Over time, union power dwindled, not because the bargaining structure was reformed, but because deregulation and greater foreign competition left labor fewer monopoly profits to extract in key industries such as automobile and steel.

Critics warn that unions will agree to only those reforms that tighten their control over the teaching profession and the educational enterprise.

Last year, the caucus helped 85 of its members get elected to the 350 - member union House of Representatives and promoted the election a union president who appears to be amenable to reforms; the union has since agreed to grant individual schools flexibility over the school calendar, hiring and assignment of teachers.

An article by Bruce Fuller in the Summer 2010 issue of Ed Next provides background on political tensions in LA Unified and battles over reform plans that took place when then - Mayor Anthony Villaraigosa «united working - class Latino parents, civil rights leaders, and big - money Democrats to challenge union leaders» in his quest to turn around the schools.

However, there is a long way to go and the raft of recent announcements from the teacher unions over their spring conference season are testament to increasing dissatisfaction in the profession about the scale and pace of reform in the sector.

The answer, again, is that the teachers unions are opposed to performance - based evaluations (as are most districts), and they have used their power over the years to stand in the way of genuine reform.

In addition, a landmark 2010 contract with the Baltimore Teachers Union, signed with reform - oriented intentions, actually undermined principals» autonomy over staffing.

Over the past couple of months, Mr. Clinton's Republican challenger, Bob Dole, has accused teachers» unions of being barriers to school improvement and to school reform.