That's the attitude of self - satisfied state lawmakers, who may wait until October to return to Albany to pass a range of important measures dealing with President Obama's health - care plan, Mayor Bloomberg's controversial outer - borough taxi deal and a new
state labor contract.
«This agreement aligns PEF's contract with other
state labor contracts, while continuing the trend of fiscal responsibility in New York.»
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«In just two years in the
state senate she has shown she's a proven advocate for our members and for all workers; she has been stalwart in our fight to end the tip credit for car wash workers, she was the lead sponsor of the Farmworker Fair
Labor Practices Act and she has stood with our members in
contract fight after
contract fight.
Brian Sampson, president of the Associated Builders and Contractors, Empire
State Chapter, released a statement on «MTA cost overruns and
labor contracts» that did not mention the actress / activist - turned - Democratic - gubernatorial - candidate by name, but did say that the «facts» of what is happening at the cash - strapped MTA can not be ignored, «regardless of your political stance or background.»
The Appellate Division [has] essentially slammed the courthouse door in the face of a local contractor who challenged the
state Department of Transportation on
contract terms that required a project
labor agreement.
Labor unions, some of which negotiate
contracts with the
state, quit the party over the Nixon endorsement.
The City of Buffalo will never confront its basic problems when the
state increases its aid by $ 52 million, he said, and burdensome
labor contracts will continue to hold back municipalities as long as their unions are protected by the Taylor Law.
ALBANY — Gov. David Paterson's legal team will argue that the furlough plan and the decision to hold back raises from
state workers are extraordinary actions taken during an unprecedented fiscal crisis, and therefore do not represent an unconstitutional shredding of a
labor contract.
More than a year and a half after its most recent
contract expired, New York's second - largest
state worker's union has reached a tentative three - year
labor agreement with the Cuomo administration.
The
state would also reduce funding for the senior colleges of the City University of New York by $ 485 million in the coming school year, which is partially offset by $ 240 million the
state would set aside to settle CUNY's outstanding, long - expired
labor contracts.
Further strain is put on us every year because the
state law known as the Triborough Amendment obliges us to keep giving «step» salary increases and other generous benefits even when a
labor contract has expired.
The union's rank - and - file last year initially voted down a
labor agreement forged between PEF's leadership and the administration, leading Cuomo to threaten mass layoffs of
state workers unless a second, revenue - neutral
contract was approved.
Early this year, Teamsters Local 72, which represents
state Thruway Authority workers, filed an unfair
labor complaint alleging its members were improperly threatened with layoffs if they failed to make concessions during
contract talks.
Most of the
labor contracts for the
state's 190,000 employees expire at the end of March.
These loans will be used to underwrite the cost of
labor materials, and equipment directly associated with the
contract being financed or a
contract that has been satisfied for which the business is awaiting payment from the
state.
This will be offset by $ 240 million the
state will set aside to settle CUNY's outstanding
labor contracts, which have been expired for six years.
The Nassau Interim Finance Authority, a
state monitoring board in control of the county's finances, has said it will not consider new
labor pacts until unions turn over verified summaries of the major terms in existing
contracts.
A uniform policy on sexual harassment for all
state and local governments, as well as
contract labor and freelancers, but prohibits mandatory arbitration of sexual harassment claims in private businesses.
A first sergeant in the New York
State Parks Police and founding president of the Police Benevolent Association of New York
State, he said that he would be back in Albany on Monday, «doing what I do best,
labor relations and
contract negotiations with the governor's office.
In testimony before the New York
State Financial Control Board, city Comptroller Scott Stringer applauded de Blasio for saving billions of dollars in reserves and accounting for the multi-billion-dollar cost of settling New York City's open
labor contracts.
That is why I am pushing for
labor contract negotiations to resume, as well as, encouraging our
state leaders to repeal the Triborough Amendment that basically discourages unions from coming to the bargaining table.
Gary Johnson, the head of the agency charged with managing
state workforce
labor contracts, has left for another job.
The ballots — which represent a second attempt to try to pass a
labor contract with the
state — are due at the New York City offices of the American Arbitration Association by 9 a.m. Thursday.
By Matt Pommer Old divisions among Democratic legislators bubbled up during the recent votes on new
labor contracts for more than 35,000 unionized
state workers.
The Nassau and Suffolk district attorneys, Schneiderman's office, the
state Department of
Labor and the federal Department of
Labor also are investigating Sandy contractors including Looks Great over prevailing wage issues and how the
contracts were awarded.
ALBANY — Politics has moved down
State Street from the Capitol to the Hilton Albany, where employees are locked in a
labor dispute with management after their
contract expired in April.
Baumann & Sons cited the loss of transportation
contracts with the Hicksville and Rockville Centre districts for the layoffs, according to a Nov. 18 regulatory notice posted on the
state Labor Department's website.
There will also be a
Labor / Management effort to better employ the negotiated voluntary reduction in work schedule program included in both unions»
contracts, to help achieve
state payroll savings.
But
labor contracts for the vast majority of the
state's 190,000 employees expire on March 31, giving Mr. Cuomo an opening to seek changes at a time of public unease toward government workers» benefits.
The New York
State Association of Counties surveyed 17 counties at the request of The New York Times and found that 41 of 67
labor contracts had expired.
State Comptroller Praises Mayor's Proposed Budget For Addressing Outstanding
Labor Contracts
ALBANY — Public employees are working without
contracts in cities and counties across New York
State, as
labor negotiations stall because local governments say they can not afford to raise wages.
So the group calls for relief from two very costly
state mandates - a pension system whose costs have spiraled since the stock market crash, and a
labor law that ties the hands of management when negotiating
contracts.
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.
He also said that the university needs $ 90 million more from the
state than the $ 240 million proposed to settle its long - expired
labor contracts.
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.
That story is the negotiations, more than 50 sessions so far, for the first
labor contract between the UC postdoc union, the nation's second, and the academic giant that employs perhaps 10 % of all the postdocs in the United
States.
As one of us (Roza has) observed, the best
state policies would prevent districts both from «deficit spending» (which occurs due to pensions and retirement health care) and from obligating out - year expenditures — such as when they sign a five - year
labor contract although there's ample uncertainty as to what revenues will look like in five years.
In a 6 - to - 2 decision, the Court held that such action — whether mandated by
state labor law or agreed to under a
contract — runs afoul of the Congress's intent to establish the U.S. Postal Service as a monopoly.
He negotiated a new
labor contract in Newark, and he had the
state intervene in the tragically low - performing Camden school district.
The U.S. Supreme Court refused last week to hear a challenge by a group of Buffalo, N.Y., school unions to a
state fiscal - oversight board's power to set aside
labor contracts and impose a wage freeze to help the city and its school district emerge from a budget crisis.
With continuing advances in hardware and software, the boundaries among «learning in school,» learning in other settings,» and «learning on your own» will gradually disappear, with potent implications for time spent learning, which need no longer be confined to the classroom hours stipulated in the teachers» union (or custodians» union)
contract or the 180 - day year prescribed in
state law (and, in some jurisdictions, not allowed to start before
Labor Day).
Fewer than 10 of 424 school districts in the
state have
labor contracts with teachers for the current school year, she said Wednesday.
Green says, «certainly the unions could compromise and agree to allowing Malloy and Pryor a dozen or 18 schools where the
state could take dramatic action — longer days, year - round school, more social services, better pay for sought - after science and math teachers — without the constraints of restrictive
labor contracts.»
GOP Gov. Scott Walker and Republicans in the Legislature last year approved the law, becoming the 25th
state to bar
labor contracts that require workers to pay union fees.
Consultants still concluded CPS would face an annual $ 350 million shortfall, even with tax increases, more
state aid,
labor contract concessions and millions in budget cuts.
The school district is in
contract negotiations with its
labor groups, and UTLA asked the school board to join its call for more
state funding as part of its bargaining proposal.
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