As well as having their pay frozen with inflation above 5 %, public
sector workers face their pensions being raided to help pay off the budget deficit caused by the recession and the bank bail - out.
The government is aiming to reduce its pension bill by # 1.2 billion next year and thus public
sector workers face increases of up to 2.4 % in their contributions.
«Action by the Liberal Democrats within the UK Coalition killed off any suggestion of regional pay within the UK, but now Welsh public
sector workers face a new threat to their pay and conditions from Labour politicians in our town halls.
He said the deficit was still too high, which is why public
sector workers face another year of pay restraint and welfare spending will be capped from 2015.
Martin had agreed to hold his pay at # 141,868 along with cabinet ministers this year, in recognition of dire economic conditions that have left millions of private -
sector workers facing cuts.
Not exact matches
Hammond, who has
faced calls from fellow cabinet ministers to scrap the 1 % freeze on public
sector pay increases, said that the government must continue the «right balance» between what is fair for
workers and taxpayers.
About a quarter of U.S.
workers in the technology
sector, which has
faced criticism for a lack of diversity, said they felt discrimination at their workplace in a survey released on Tuesday by job site Indeed.com.
While the Canadian manufacturing
sector has
faced trying times of late, there's still a need for skilled
workers to keep factories up and running.
In countries in the South,
faced with the alliance between international capital, the comprador bourgeoisie and part of the middle class, the alternative consisted in using joint programmes and actions to bring together the different grass - roots groups such as
workers, peasants, the informal
sector, movements of the urban poor, co-operatives, minority ethnic groups, and also the vulnerable middle classes, students, etc..
It builds upon other certification systems, such as the Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil, and tackles some of the most challenging issues
facing the palm oil
sector, such as the destruction of high carbon stock forests and the abuse of the most vulnerable
workers,» said Matthias Diemer, Chair of the Palm Oil Innovation Group.
Despite the promise of the Coalition Government to protect accrued pension rights, regardless of the outcome of the current Review of public
sector pensions, millions of public
sector workers are now
facing a retirement beset by worry and financial uncertainty following the Coalition Government's decision to switch pension calculations from the Retail Price Index (RPI) to the Consumer Price Index (CPI).
The minister disclosed this at a meeting with the
workers on Wednesday, June 08 to consider the challenges
facing the
sector and its
workers.
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.
The government currently
faces a backbench rebellion over its attempts to force MPs to accept a 1.9 per cent pay rise, putting them on a par with public
sector workers such as police and prison officers.
«He confirms that the government is grabbing money from public
sector workers to pay down a deficit they did nothing to create, even at a time when their pay is frozen for two years and many are
facing job losses,» he said.
When
workers in the private
sector are
facing pay restraint, a 1 % average limit on annual increases is necessary to minimise public
sector job losses.
The main civil servants» union, the Public and Commercial Services union, which took joint strike action on 30 June, has described Labour leader Ed Miliband's refusal to support public
sector workers taking action over cuts in their pensions as «a slap in the
face».
«Millions of public
sector workers would (in the short term)
face redundancy and the dole queue or massive reductions in real spending at a time when their homes would be under threat.»
On the
face of it public
sector pensions is an issue that should unite
workers; but the detailed differences in outcome may undermine that unity.
Handing politicians a # 10k pay rise is completely unacceptable while other public
sector workers are
facing pay restraint.
Today's news will be very disappointing for the
workers at Southampton and Dagenham who have been very aware of the challenges
facing the auto
sector throughout Europe.
«As a result, millions of public
sector workers, many of them women, such as classroom assistants, health visitors, and nursery nurses are in the firing line and
face complete uncertainty about their future pension.
General Secretary Frances O'Grady said public
sector workers would have «no shares» in the UK's economic recovery, but
faced «several more years of penny - pinching and frugal living».
Nted had said during union's National Executive Council meeting and special delegates conference in Lagos that the loss of jobs in the maritime
sector was affecting the union as more
workers were
faced with insecurity and family challenges.
A protest rally is taking place outside Cyprus's parliament this morning, including many banking
sector workers who
face losing their jobs through the restructuring of Laiki Bank:
This is particularly pertinent in relation to the recruitment of management level staff, as surveys have found that 93 per cent of public
sector workers believe a lack of effective leaders is the biggest challenge that they
face.
The questions for private -
sector workers are really about choices and fees, and they're much more straightforward than the decisions teachers
face.
These
workers in those
sectors face barriers that are not present in
sectors where employees all show up for work at the same building and can more easily congregate.
This concern might be the real reason for much of the opposition to technology in education, but like the automation that the manufacturing
sector faced in the previous century, these knowledge
workers will have to either adapt or become obsolete.