Sentences with phrase «union workers agreed»

GM's union workers agreed to freeze entry - level wages and performance bonuses through the current contract's expiration date in 2011; Ford's workers only agreed to a freeze on performance bonuses.

In exchange, new union workers agreed for the first time to pay a portion of their pension and health insurance costs.

Not exact matches

SEOUL, April 26 - Unionized workers at General Motors Co's South Korean unit voted to approve a tentative wage deal agreed with the automaker, the union said on Thursday.

The parties agreed that Serious Materials would run a union shop, bring back employees at their old salaries, and recognize workers» seniority.

SEOUL, March 27 - General Motors said its loss - making South Korean operations would file for bankruptcy if its union did not agree to cut labor costs by April 20, heaping pressure on workers and the South Korean government to swiftly agree a rescue plan.

Unions said in a statement more than 500 Amazon workers at the Piacenza site in northern Italy had agreed to strike following a failure to negotiate bonuses with the company.

The Chicago Park District and a key employees union agreed Tuesday on a plan that would give park supervisors greater power to fire and hire workers.

Hostess, its lenders and the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union agreed to mediation at the urging of Bankruptcy Judge Robert Drain of the Southern District of New York, who advised against a more expensive, public hearing regarding the...

That includes asking unions representing parks workers to agree to take as many as 16 furlough days before the end of 2010.

He, however, stressed that: «After series of deliberations between the government and the unions, especially in view of the financial situation of the state government, it was unanimously agreed the workers would forfeit their arrears».

He also pointed out that if the unions agree to a pay lag, workers don't lose any money at all — at least not in the long run — because they get the cash back at the end of their service to the state.

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.

The governor has proposed consolidating a number of agencies, which will entail doing away with a number of management confidential positions as well as possibly laying off 9,800 civil service workers — unless, the governor says, the unions agree to concessions that result in significant savings.

The unions agreed to new collective bargaining agreements that boosted workers» pay by a total of more than 13 percent.

Cuomo negotiated cheaper state worker contracts with the public employee unions while dangling the threat of layoffs in front of them if they didn't agree to his terms.

Cuomo has made it clear state workers are going to feel significant pain this year, perhaps facing the loss of up to 15,000 jobs, unless their union leaders agree to concessions in the upcoming contract negotiations.

With both the MTA and the unions agreeing to raises totaling 17 percent and first - time employee health care contributions, the key point of contention in the impasse involves the fate of the so - called «unborn» — LIRR workers hired after a new contract is ratified.

A meeting of the union's national executive committee unanimously agreed that further co-ordinated industrial action should be organised if the government continues to refuse to negotiate on the key issues of forcing public sector workers to pay more and work longer for a worse pension.

32 % of respondents opted for the compromise agreed with the trade unions — that current workers should retire at 60, but future workers at 65.

The Controller and Accountant General Department has agreed to pay the guide and transport allowances of the members of the Ghana Union of Disabled Workers by the end of January 2017.

The reauthorization also included a provision that suspended the law unless the Real Estate Board of New York and the construction trade unions agreed on the wages that would be paid to construction workers hired to build the projects receiving the tax exemption.

Last December, shortly after negotiations for a successor agreement between the parties had begun, Thruway Authority Executive Director Thomas Madison sent an email to CSEA represented workers threatening that layoffs would occur unless the union agreed to management's contract demands for severe concessions by April 3.

More than a third of the state's money is spent on Medicaid, making it a necessary and obvious target for cuts, and yet each year the same ritual plays out: The governor proposes cuts to health care; the state's hospital lobby and the union representing health - care workers spend millions of dollars in maudlin TV ads decrying the cuts — on top of the millions they contribute to elected officials; the governor's poll numbers decline, and he agrees to an expensive truce that barely makes a dent in rising Medicaid costs.

Last year, the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union successfully defeated the $ 310 million Kingsbridge Armory project in the Bronx, which would have meant hundreds of jobs for construction workers, when the developer failed to agree to certain wage demands for employees who would work at the resulting retail mall.

The union is one of a handful of labor groups, including the United Federation of Teachers, the Retail Wholesale and Department Store Workers» Union and the Hotel Trades Council, that agreed to form a coalition along with Governor Andrew Cuomo, New York City mayor Bill de Blasio and members of the Working Families Party to help Democrats take control of the Senate, which the Republicans have controlled for all but two of the last 50 yunion is one of a handful of labor groups, including the United Federation of Teachers, the Retail Wholesale and Department Store Workers» Union and the Hotel Trades Council, that agreed to form a coalition along with Governor Andrew Cuomo, New York City mayor Bill de Blasio and members of the Working Families Party to help Democrats take control of the Senate, which the Republicans have controlled for all but two of the last 50 yUnion and the Hotel Trades Council, that agreed to form a coalition along with Governor Andrew Cuomo, New York City mayor Bill de Blasio and members of the Working Families Party to help Democrats take control of the Senate, which the Republicans have controlled for all but two of the last 50 years.

Mayor Bloomberg let the municipal unions know that he will settle contracts with them if they agree to two conditions: 1) no retroactive wage increases; and 2) workers would have to agree to contribute to the cost of their health care benefits.

The parent company of New York's Indian Point nuclear plant and utility workers union have agreed on a four - year contract.

The 195 - member worker's union agreed to end the strike after a meeting with ALMA Director Pierre Cox this weekend.

Either way, Ford may find that its union workers are more resistant than Chrysler's or GM's were when they agreed to their heavy contract alterations.

As my colleague Ilya Shapiro writes, and Ian Millheiser at Think Progress agrees, the Court seems poised to strike down «fair share» fees for public - sector workers who do not want to join the union.