Nassau had 680 such employees in 2016, 488 in 2015 and 449 in 2014, when Nassau's financial control board lifted
a salary freeze for union workers that had been in place since 2011.
Mr. Cuomo is expected to call for
a salary freeze for state workers in his State of the State address.
As he is poised to call for a one year «emergency»
salary freeze for state workers, Gov. Andrew Cuomo is trying to lead by example by announcing he will take a five percent pay cut himself.
During his gubernatorial campaign, Andrew Cuomo pledged to institute
a salary freeze for all state workers in 2011.
He has instead proposed a cap on state spending and
a salary freeze for state workers.
Of course, there was a catch to Cuomo's agreement to run on Row E this year: WFP leaders had to agree to support his New New York Agenda, which includes some proposals unfriendly to unions, like a property tax cap and
a salary freeze for state workers.
File photo: Suffolk County Legislator Al Krupski is in favor of
a salary freeze for county elected officials.
The Spanish government outlined an austere 2014 budget that includes further cuts in spending by its ministries and
a salary freeze for public employees despite the country's emergence from recession.
«Federal judges have had their raises and
salaries frozen for the last three years.
The pay schedule also keeps teachers»
salaries frozen for five years at a time.
Not exact matches
Salaries for MPPs have been
frozen since 2009.
Salaries for the Prime Minister, Ministers and Members of Parliament and Senators were
frozen for 2010 - 11, 2011 - 12 and 2012 - 13.
Budget 2010
froze departmental operating budgets
for two years, forced departments to absorb the 1.5 % increase in annual wages and
salaries for 2010 - 11, and reduced the rate of growth in defence spending.
Their initial letter called out the school
for funding a portion of a new building being constructed in honor of alumnus Gary Chapman, as well as
for freezing faculty pay yet not tightening
salaries at the administrative level.
This is because of the innane way health insurance is paid
for to get around wage
freezes years ago, but the idea that this is the company's money makes no more sense than if the company wanted to dictate what brand of toothpaste you would buy with your
salary.
Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano's administration opposes a hiring
freeze to block
salary hikes
for nonunion staff.
Sadly, the disheartening signs we see and feel today include threat of 26,589 lawful employees who are on the verge of losing their
salaries for failure of not being captured onto the SSNIT Biometric Register through no faults of theirs as well as recent demonstrations by trainee nurses over a
freeze on their employment by the Nana Addo Government.
The plan called
for imposing a one - year
salary freeze on the vast majority of public employees whose contracts are up
for renegotiation as of April 1; holding the line on taxes; and imposing a state spending cap limiting spending growth to the rate of inflation.
Almost immediately, he imposed a
freeze on
salaries for state workers.
In his «New New York Agenda,» Cuomo has called
for a number of initiatives that don't sit well with the labor community, including a public employee
salary freeze, a property tax cap and support
for charter schools.»]
The plan called
for imposing a one - year
salary freeze on the vast majority of public employees whose contracts are up
for renegotiation as of April 1; holding the line on taxes; and imposing a State spending cap limiting spending growth to the rate of inflation.
In his «New New York Agenda,» Cuomo has called
for a number of initiatives that don't sit well with the labor community, including a public employee
salary freeze, a property tax cap and support
for charter schools.
The county executive, after
freezing the
salaries of his management staff
for the last four budgets, will not be receptive.
With New York facing a similarly large $ 10 billion deficit in early 2011, the new governor locked in a three - year wage
freeze on base
salaries for 66,000 members of the Civil Service Employees Association.
To turn New York's finances around, Cuomo is pushing
for a cap on state spending and a
freeze on state taxes and public employee
salaries as part of a one - year emergency financial plan.
Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano's administration said Sunday it opposes a hiring
freeze to block
salary hikes
for nonunion staff.
Cuomo, who won a landslide 28 - point victory, campaigned on pledges to reduce state spending, oppose tax increases, and
freeze public - employee
salaries for at least a year.
Cuomo's take - no - prisoners speech yesterday and policy positions like a
freeze on public employee
salaries, a property tax cap and support
for lifting the charter school cap have made certain segments of the labor community wary of him.
Leave Means Leave, backed by some Tory MPs, calls
for freeze on non-skilled arrivals and # 35,000
salary minimum
for skilled workers
«A
salary freeze is obviously a difficult thing
for many government workers, but it's necessary if the state is going to live within its means.»
Had the state Legislature suggested
freezing the
salaries of state workers
for 13 years, «no union would have accepted such an offer,» he said.
The superintendent has called
for salary cuts from teachers of 5 to 13 percent and a wage
freeze through 2017.
His multi-part plan, among other things, calls
for a 2 percent cap on property taxes; no increase in sales, income and business taxes; a
freeze on public - union
salaries — and a reduction of government agencies by one - fifth.
The chancellor, Alistair Darling, has written to
salary review bodies calling
for a pay
freeze for 40,000 senior public servants in 2010 - 11.
With most state union contracts expiring in April, Cuomo during his campaign
for governor has called
for a one - year
freeze on worker
salaries.
It is brilliant typecasting and the play sparkles with wit and verve and even a little pathos
for the do - gooder Kyra, who misses the good life of her former lover - employer Tom, since she's now living in a
freezing flat and can't even afford to buy edible cheese on her school - teacher - to - the - poor
salary.
However, the STRB has recommended a pay award of only one per cent
for most
salary levels, and none at all
for the maximum pay ranges
for senior leaders — meaning a pay
freeze for those at the top of these ranges.
But each time enrollment falls, district leaders seem to be caught off guard, forced to dip into reserves, pare down extracurriculars, and make out - of - cycle pleas
for rescue funding in order to avert
salary freezes, seniority - based layoffs, or school closures.
The
salary freeze,
for instance.
After many long and painful years of pay
freezes, pay cuts and pay caps it is time
for a pay increase to ensure that all of Scotland's teachers receive the enhanced
salary that they deserve.»
Angered over losing that job in May, because of budget cuts (and loving colleagues who wouldn't
freeze their
salaries), he had run
for school board.
While the plan called
for a cut of 5.5 percent to education, dropping per - pupil funding by $ 550, funding limits could be offset at the district level by increased employee contributions to health care and pension programs, and by giving local school districts other tools such as wage
freezes and adjustments in
salary schedules.
Next, a school district in Illinois just awarded its teachers a 10 - year contract that includes a 40 percent
salary increase over its term, preserves a pre-retirement, 6 percent yearly pay spike to boost teachers» pensions, an increase in sick - days from 15 to 24 per year, and a
freeze on health insurance and prescription drug costs
for district employees
for the 10 - year period.
They have already voted no to across the board teacher
salary increases and continued the
freeze on teachers»
salaries that has been in place
for 5 years (at the same time passed a tax break
for the wealthy, and now, with reduced revenue can not give raises), increased class size, taken away additional pay
for Masters degrees, eliminated most of the state's teacher assistants, gone after tenure and offered the top 25 % of the teachers in a district $ 500 to give up their tenure immediately, increased the number of charter schools (many funded by Republicans in the private school business) and finally, the most recent scheme pondered is to let kids go to any school in the state regardless of their home county.
Instead of
salary increases, more often than not teacher compensation is being reduced through methods such as mandatory furlough days, higher co-pays or deductions
for health benefits, a
freeze on cost - of - living allowances, and so on.
She added: «Pay deregulation and the implementation of market reforms have predictably resulted in these massive disparities, with soaring
salaries for some CEOs while teachers have suffered a pay
freeze.
Asking anyone who cares about education to share his «Fast Facts» video when they hear people making comments about the Governor and the General Assembly cutting education spending and not caring about teachers, Forest asserts that it's the GOP who is responsible
for catching the state back up on education spending, unlocking
frozen teacher
salaries and moving forward with proposals to bring spending levels on textbooks back up from next to nothing.
The recession hit in 2007, and beginning with the 2009 - 10 school year, lawmakers
froze salaries for the next three years in an attempt to deal with a scarcity of resources, said BTC's Mitchell.
The net effect is to
freeze salary increases
for the majority of teachers on the «grandfathered» schedule.
The Senate's plan seems to acknowledge that teachers have suffered under years of a
frozen salary schedule, even though some lawmakers have suggested that teachers should be grateful
for what they have and their
salary and benefits packages are reasonable.