Sentences with phrase «union workers making»
The average Union worker makes 30 — 50,000 at best and has to pay for thier own health insurance premiums (they are not free like some think), union dues (for fair representation from the crooked politicians in Albany and NYC).
http://www.nystateofpolitics.com/ Not exact matches
It is the latest successful legislative push targeting union power following a Republican sweep of statehouses in 2010, and if Gov. Mitch Daniels signs the bill as expected it will make Indiana the first Rust Belt state to ban contracts that require workers to pay mandatory union fees for representation.
Fudge's letter was made public by the United Food and Commercial Workers union (UFCW), which represents many of the unionized grocery workers in the United Workers union (UFCW), which represents many of the unionized grocery workers in the United workers in the United States.
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.
And those other workers, by the way, were already unionized, making it a sneak attack not just on the employer, but a rival union as well.
Businesses say they like right - to - work laws because they make it more difficult for unions to organize workers and raise wage and benefit costs.
That all those workers were already represented by another union makes the whole matter as farcical as it is undemocratic.
The Liberals are unlikely to make any final decision on drug testing until the Supreme Court of Canada rules on its legality in a case between Suncor and workers at its Alberta oil sands operation, said Troy Winters, senior health and safety officer with the Canadian Union of Public Employees.
Rosser says in a good year, the business — which Jenkins founded in 1976, after years of scrimping and saving as a union sheet metal worker — made about $ 750,000 in revenue at the time.
The union representing the 4,800 rail workers who walked off the job claimed CP was angling to cut their pensions by up to 40 %, despite making a profit in the previous year.
Wisconsin and Michigan have both seen union membership plummet after the enactment of «right - to - work» laws that made joining a union optional for government workers.
The Supreme Court's Bildisco decision required the airlines jump through some additional hoops before a judge can allow them to rip up a union contract, but the mere fact of its possibility weakens the bargaining power of unions by making companies less accountable to what they've promised workers.
But Prime Minister Callaghan then urged that the government make further concessions to the unions, including «exemptions from the 5 per cent pay limit, tighter price controls and extension of the principle of «comparability,» under which public sector workers could expect more money.
Respect the right of workers to form a union for all your workers, including the service workers that make your campus run, and remain neutral in any union organizing drives;
The newly elected Progressive Conservative government in Manitoba has moved quickly to cement its anti-worker bona fides with the radical right - wing by making it more difficult for non-union workers to join a union, and by opening up bidding on large scale public construction projects to non-union companies.
The tax changes will save Walmart $ 2 billion a year, according to estimates from Making Change at Walmart, a campaign run by the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union.
«Instead of Walmart paying its workers what they deserve for their work, Walmart is merely offering to pay more — for more work,» said Randy Parraz, director of Making Change at Walmart, a campaign run by the United Food and Commercial Workers Internationalworkers what they deserve for their work, Walmart is merely offering to pay more — for more work,» said Randy Parraz, director of Making Change at Walmart, a campaign run by the United Food and Commercial Workers InternationalWorkers International Union.
This event is made possible by the generous support from: Canadian Labour Congress, Canadian Union of Public and General Employees (CUPE), Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW), Communications Workers of America (CWA) Canada, National Union of Public and General Employees (NUPGE), People's Social Forum, Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC), Unifor, the United Steelworkers (USW), and Réseau québécois sur l'intégration continentale (RQIC)
Unions, working with employers, have come along way to making these workplaces safer over the past 30 years, but there's much more work to be done - particularly as we discover the toll these types of jobs take on workers mental health and as the Conservative government moves closer and closer to total industry self - regulation (something that puts all Canadians at risk).
«We and many allies made Canada Post an election issue in 2015, and the Liberals were elected on a promise to restore door - to - door and to consult on a new vision for Canada Post,» says Mike Palecek, National President of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW).
We ran into one cyclical recession in the» 70's, and the Republicans seized on it as an excuse to rig government and society for the benefit of people who are already rich, while taking away opportunities from everyone else... then they crushed the unions so that workers would never be able to get back better pay and better job security, while investors make more and more and pay less and less in taxes.
A similar enterprise at the Evangelical Academy at Bad Boll, near Stuttgart, Germany, has made a significant start toward bridging the gap between the Church and the industrial worker by inviting representatives of the Trade Unions and Workers» Councils, including sometimes communists, to discuss the implications of Christianity, while on other occasions employers and Workers» Council leaders have met together for mutual discussion of the applications of the gospel to industry.
Unions prevent workers from making a fair wage (but that is their choice).
It is not uncommon to find immigration lawyers (those who promote laws to make 5 - 20k from people to come here and take US jobs) trolling forums like this that espouse ideas favorable to US jobs, workers and unions.
Few Glendal Foods employees had been members of the National Union of Workers (which covers some food manufacturing) until August, when a complaint was made to the union by Ms Nguyen, who also contacted the federal government's Fair Work Ombudsman, which in turn referred her to WorkUnion of Workers (which covers some food manufacturing) until August, when a complaint was made to the union by Ms Nguyen, who also contacted the federal government's Fair Work Ombudsman, which in turn referred her to Workunion by Ms Nguyen, who also contacted the federal government's Fair Work Ombudsman, which in turn referred her to WorkSafe.
Australian Manufacturing Workers» Union alleges their members are being denied annual leave requests made as early as three to eight months in advance, under staffing and a dearth of shifts for the factory's 100 plus casual workforce.
About 350 McCains workers will walk off the job on Wednesday amid claims by the union its members are being denied requests for holidays made months in advance.
Nestle's systematic undermining of workers rights makes up a strategy of impoverishing the union members to the point that they are powerless to organize themselves, or even maintain a reasonable standard of living.
Improving relationships with the union representing food service workers and working with the union to offer useful training to food service personnel and support services (e.g., transportation and child care) to help make training more accessible and affordable.
Some of the fastest growing unions today are made up of Hispanics service workers, mainly in janitorial work.
CSEA, the state's largest public - workers union, announced it would suspend its backing of state lawmakers in order to «re-evaluate our political relationships and make judgments about the criteria.»
Democrats can't win when their only message is higher taxes and more spending that just make everything more expensive at a time when nobody's getting raises except the public union workers.
Actually, these ads were made by SEIU 1199 (the healthcare workers union) during a budget battle with the former governor.
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.
«Whether it is making sure our schools get their fair share of funding, our seniors get the services they need or workers have the right to join a union, denouncing immigration abuse.
Gov. David Paterson said the sacrifice state workers are going to make is «only necessary because their union leadership has rejected all other reasonable attempts at compromise.»
Commenting on reports of the announcements the Prime Minister will make at a Downing Street Summit today about action proposed to be taken against certain public service workers, including teachers, who fail to report sexual abuse of children and young people, Chris Keates General Secretary of the NASUWT the largest teachers» union in the UK said: «No one can fail but to be shocked by the horrific abuse of young girls revealed by recent investigations, including the Report today on Oxfordshire.
Our private sector unions develop skilled workers we desperately need to make critical investments in our state's infrastructure.
With over 200 non-union hotels planning to open their doors in our city in the next few years we must use the resources the membership provided in the dues referendum and continue to focus all of our energy on making our union one that represents as many workers in the hotel industry as possible.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo last month announced the state would not defend a lawsuit from the New York Civil Liberties Union against a constitutional provision that makes it difficult for agricultural workers to unionize.
«Francisco has been with us through our fight to give a union voice to car wash workers across New York City, and has been a leader in the Assembly in our fight to end the tip - credit — he knows that supporting our immigrant workers is what makes New York City move every day.
The governor again echoed complaints from building trade unions that the mayor's plan would not obligate developers to pay prevailing wages to construction workers, wages Mr. de Blasio and the Real Estate Board of New York would be too expensive and would make large scale affordable housing construction unfeasible.
When Gov. Andrew Cuomo recently signed a bill making it harder for government workers to escape labor unions, he said it was just «the first step of the resistance.»
«Ironically,» he said, «the provision preemptively limiting worker rights and benefiting the unions could not have made it into the budget without agreement of Senate Republicans — whose slender working majority has been targeted by campaigns funded largely by NYSUT and UFT,» the state and local teachers unions.
House Democratic Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi introduced Cuomo at a rally of union workers at the Jacob K. Javits Center in New York City, where he made his remarks.
If we make it easier for workers to organize into unions, their ability to win pay hikes is increased and we all benefit.
Business secretary Sajid Javid to criminalise unlawful picketing, and make it harder for workers to strike legally and for Labour to get union funding
Membership of most unions is falling, and the new «super-union» was designed to give workers a stronger voice and, by eliminating competition, make them more effective.
Hourly workers at the plant, which makes equipment for the scrap recycling industry, approved representation by the Ironworkers Shopmen's union last June and have been bargaining a first contract since then.
Recently, the IDC Leader, Senator Jeff Klein, and the other conference members were joined by heads of the major public workers labor unions to promote bills to make it easier to join a union.