Sentences with phrase «state worker furloughs»

Battles over state worker furloughs and threats of a government shutdown.

If they are approved, state worker furloughs would start May 17 and save an estimated $ 30 million a week.

The Legislature is expected to approve a budget extender bill that includes state worker furloughs that aren't slated to start until May 17.

There will be no state worker furloughs until at least May 26, thanks to US District Court Judge Lawrence Kahn.

The GOP voted in a bloc against the last extender, which included Gov. David Paterson's controversial state worker furlough plan that has since been blocked by US District Court Judge Lawrence Kahn and is headed for a hearing on May 26.

n Voters are divided on Governor David Paterson's state worker furlough plan with 47 percent supporting it and 49 percent opposing it.

Not exact matches

Like Governor Scott Walker of Wisconsin, Governor Christie has stripped workers of their collective bargaining rights, he has forced early retirement, forced state workers to accept furlough days without pay and having to contribute as much of 7 % of their salary to their pension and he has also deprived workers of promotions they've earned.

(Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, who has said furloughing state workers would be an illegal breech of their contract, told me yesterday that the bill arrived after his members had already gaveled out for the day).

Last week, Paterson sent a bill separate from budget extender to the Legislature that would have provided him with power to furlough state workers.

Specifically, they oppose education cuts (76 - 22) and Medicaid cuts (64 - 32), but support reductions for state workers — from pension reform to wage freezes and furloughs — and are split on layoffs.

Public employee union leaders slammed Gov. David Paterson for giving five of his staffers big raises as he pushed a furlough plan for state workers.

Gov. David Paterson is looking at layoffs now that his plan to furlough state workers have been rejected by a federal judge.

Gov. David Paterson this morning lambasted public employee unions for making an issue of the $ 42,000 worth of raises he granted — and subsequently rescinded — to five members of his own staff at a time when he was pushing for a furlough for state workers.

During an interview with WCBS 880 AM Radio, Paterson stressed that he has not yet included his plan to furlough public employees one day a week in emergency budget extenders, which would essentially force legislators to choose between infuriating state worker unions and a government shutdown.

Hoyt says this will continue until the Governor stops his furlough of 100 thousand state workers — something he makes clear he disagrees with in a press release he just sent out.

The furlough of state workers proposed by Governor Paterson was part of an emergency expenditure bill that was passed on May 10th.

Here's state Budget Director Robert Megna providing more details on the governor's plan to furlough state workers.

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If the state workers who work for their paycheck have to take an unpaid furlough, why don't those who don't work and get paid?

This furlough move is necessary, Paterson said, because the state workers unions have so far rejected his call for members to voluntarily give up their 4 percent contractually negotiated raises in the face of the state's fiscal crisis.

besides the fact that the budget director is clueless when it comes to the job he is getting well paid for, the accidental governor, finally has the legislators by the balls — furlough 100,000 + state workers or shut down state government (all of it).

5/12/10 — Assemblyman Sam Hoyt (Buffalo / Grand Island) today announced that he will furlough his Assembly staff one day a week until the Governor's furlough of state workers has ended.

I am therefore closing down my office for one day a week and instructing my staff to forgo one day's pay per week until the furlough of other state workers comes to an end.»

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.

A hearing scheduled for Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Albany will be the first courtroom encounter between Paterson — represented by lawyers from the attorney general's office — and four state workers unions that brought suit against the governor's plan to force employees to take a one - day - a-week furlough until the state's budget plan is finalized.

In the wake of Paterson's announcement that he would ask the Legislature for power to furlough state workers one day a week until the budget is passed, Donohue issued a press release that said simply: «Nuts.»

The governor's gambit was similar in some respects to his earlier cash - savings measure to furlough state workers.

Paterson's budget division is expected, as soon as tomorrow, to send a detailed memo to state agencies outlining steps to be taken to implement a one - day - a-week furlough for nonessential workers, which could save the cash - strapped state as much as $ 30 million a week, according to the source.

Paterson said union refusals of concessions have left him no choice but to withhold pay raises from 120,000 state workers and push for furloughs.

EJ McMahon from the Empire Center for NYS Policy discusses the upcoming furloughs of state workers.

The decision comes as the state work force fumes over Paterson's efforts to freeze wages and put some 100,000 state workers on unpaid furlough.

Pay has become a hot - button issue in Albany as the governor seeks a series of one - day furloughs for 100,000 state workers, after labor leaders refused to forgo a 4 percent raise for the state work force that was largely negotiated under Gov. Eliot Spitzer, or to delay a week's pay.

Besides delaying school aid, Mr. Paterson tried to impose a temporary freeze on state employee salaries and to furlough about 100,000 government workers — both moves have been struck down by courts — in steps that the governor insisted were necessary to keep the state afloat.

First he asked state workers to give up their raises, then he tried to work out a deal on lag pay, then he put furloughs in a budget bill that was eventually ruled illegal by the courts.

A trio of labor attorneys believe Paterson has the power to unilaterally freeze state workers» wages and impose furloughs.

When the government of the United States of America reopens, will furloughed government workers be paid for the missed time?

When Governor Paterson announced that, in order to save money, he would add a one - day - a-week furlough for 100,000 state workers to the next emergency budget bill, legislators had a choice: vote for the bill and pass the furloughs they opposed, or vote against it and shut down state government.

ALBANY - State legislative leaders admitted Wednesday they'd bow to Gov. Paterson's push for worker furloughs - rather than shut the government down in protest.

An unswayed Paterson vowed to slip a provision calling for one - day - a-week furloughs for 100,000 state workers into the emergency budget extenders he sends to the Legislature next week.

Several lawmakers, including Senate Democratic leader John Sampson of Brooklyn, conceded they would have no choice but to approve the forced furloughs for some 100,000 state workers.

ALBANY — Gov. Paterson vowed yesterday to force a confrontation over state - worker furloughs next week if pols and labor unions refuse to accept his cost - cutting plans.

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Paterson declined to take that 10 percent cut in 2010, although he did say he would be willing to take the furlough he unsuccessfully sought from the state workers.

Two years after its contract expired, Local 100 reached a deal that avoided the pattern of pay freezes, furloughs, and layoffs Cuomo had extracted from other state workers.

As the Journal's Jacob Gershman reports, lawmakers voted Monday to furlough 100,000 state workers for a single day next week, marking perhaps the first time that the governor's lame - duck status proved to be an asset as Albany's wrangling battle budget battle continued.

An angry Governor Paterson, still fuming after a judge blocked him from furloughing state workers in an attempt to save the state's budget, put a risky (if jesting) offer on the table.

Lawmakers now face a pretty bleak pair of options: pass the furlough — which the state worker unions obviously despise, and plan to sue over — or shut down government.

Days after a federal judge blocked his efforts to furlough half the state work force, Gov. David A. Paterson is drafting a plan that would lay off thousands of government workers at the beginning of next year, a move officials say is necessary to help balance the state budget.

The showdown over furloughs — which would affect about 100,000 state workers — does not appear to be imminent, however, as Mr. Paterson appears ready to submit the legislation to a regular legislative process first.

So let me get this straight: the governor wants to cuts the deficit, so he's going to furlough state workers who keep the state running.