Sentences with phrase «wage freeze»

My plan for an across - the - board wage freeze for all government employees will mean $ 2 billion doesn't go on our credit card.

The union has rejected a contract only once before, in 1995, when they were asked to accept a two - year wage freeze.

Last year the union accepted a new pension tier that would give new teachers lower benefits than their predecessors and found themselves with wage freeze that prevented lay offs.

She cut spending in the budgets to below the levels of inflation plus population, strong - armed teachers and doctors into taking wage freezes.

The governor also called on teachers to accept temporary wage freezes and to increase their share of health benefit costs while blasting school administrators for making more than he does.

With job cuts looming all around and wage freezes becoming the norm, saving as much as possible on car insurance is imperative.

But in Nassau, unions are suing to prevent the control board there from imposing wage freezes for a second year.

Interstingly, the Democratic gubernatorial frontrunner, AG Andrew Cuomo, has included a proposal for wage freezes in his «New NY Agenda.»

The president of one of the state's most influential labor unions offered conditional support to the notion of wage freezes on Thursday, an idea supported by Andrew Cuomo, the front - runner in New York's upcoming gubernatorial race.

PEF President Ken Brynien offered conditional support for Cuomo's proposed wage freeze for public employees.

With New York facing a similarly large $ 10 billion deficit in early 2011, the new governor locked in a three - year wage freeze on base salaries for 66,000 members of the Civil Service Employees Association.

The House GOP plan calls for state employee wage freezes, major union concessions, and additional cuts to a variety of programs.

Features of the Social Contract included wage freezes for public servants and mandatory days of unpaid leave, known informally as «Rae Days.»

Members of PEF and CSEA are planning to rally against wage freezes, pay lags, and lay - offs Monday all across the state.

Cuomo said districts should negotiate employee concessions, such as wage freezes and higher health - care contributions, use fund balances and look at administrator salaries.

* A salary and wage freeze through the life of the contract, with the exception of five year longevity increases or salary increases tied to job promotions

By adopting a corporate philosophy of including employees in decision - making, they will be more likely to accept wage freezes and other cuts, says Holland.

They must secure teacher wage freezes - akin to those imposed on federal workers by President Obama, on state workers by Gov. Cuomo and on city workers by Mayor Bloomberg.

«Such a precedent - setting alteration of NIFA's wage freeze authority would likely open the door for similar statutory modifications to the other presently governing control boards in the state, and curtail the abilities of any new control board that may need to be created in the future,» Cuomo wrote.

Director of State Operations Howard Glaser said the state will start laying off workers on April 1 if unions reject savings measures, from wage freezes to higher health care premiums and an overhaul of the overtime pay system.

... as drafted, the proposed legislation not only sets the stage for across the board wage freezes and restrictions on individual salary movement within range, but is also broad enough to allow for compensation reductions as well as a host of changes to non-compensation provisions of collective agreements.

«Legislated mandatory wage freeze,» demands the Ontario Progressive Conservative finance critic.

This is because of the innane way health insurance is paid for to get around wage freezes years ago, but the idea that this is the company's money makes no more sense than if the company wanted to dictate what brand of toothpaste you would buy with your salary.

They talked of «shared sacrifice» and «leading by example,» but few of the Suffolk County legislators who approved a voluntary wage freeze for elected officials actually ended up declining raises, records show.

The response cites previous federal cases concerning wage freezes and furloughs on the municipal level in Baltimore, New York City, and Buffalo in times of fiscal crisis.

On the other hand, Manhattan voters say they support furloughs for city employees 57 to 32 percent, and they back wage freezes, even for teachers.

The Buffalo Fiscal Stability Authority imposed a controversial wage freeze in April.

Getting a three year wage freeze while having your health costs doubled (at least) doesn't really sound like a good deal to me.

Former Gov. David Paterson tried that, too, seeking concessions like wage freezes and furloughs, only to be met with lawsuits.

I was the first candidate to talk about wage freezes, caps on spending and local property taxes, and redistricting reforms, and am glad to see that other candidates are embracing many of the same policies.

PEF voting down the contract, which included a multi-year wage freeze and furloughs, by a wide margin, it was announced earlier.

The appellate court panel said an earlier Supreme Court ruling «correctly determined that NIFA was authorized under the [state] NIFA act to impose the subject wage freezes.»

Such a precedent - setting alteration of NIFA's wage freeze ability would likely open the door for similar statutory modifications to the other presently - governing control boards in the State, and curtail the abilities of any new control board that mau need to be create din the future.

In an interview with The Wall Street Journal on Thursday, Kenneth Brynien, the president of the Public Employees Federation, said his group would support wage freezes for state employees provided that they are implemented «across the board.»

«TWU Local 100 is absolutely not gonna accept a three - year wage freeze when millionaires in New York state are getting over.

Some suspected what Cuomo really wanted was to weaken the WFP, which did not agree with some key elements of his 2010 platform - including a state employee pay wage freeze and the property tax cap.

His statement this weekend, at the Fabian conference, that he endorses Osborne's public sector wage freeze until the end of this Parliament — possibly 3.5 years away — and accepts all the government's spending cuts finally crosses a red line.

The 58,000 - member union was able to get over some of the less palatable aspects of Cuomo's agenda, which includes a proposeed wage freeze for public employees as well as creation of a sixth tier in the state pension fund, because he is supportive of some of its own key agenda items: Reducing the state's reliance on outside consultants and reining in public authorities.

In 2014, NIFA lifted a countywide wage freeze it had imposed in 2011.

The ruling affirms a state court decision and probably ends a seven - year court battle over whether the three - year wage freeze violated the unions» constitutional rights.

He said the surplus results from cost - cutting, expense deferrals, one - shot revenue, a recovering economy and a continuing wage freeze imposed by the county's financial control board, the Nassau Interim Finance Authority.

In that case, renewed short - term borrowing can provide another impetus for the kind of state - imposed wage freeze that accompanied past fiscal «emergencies» in New York City and Buffalo.

ALBANY — While unionized state workers are getting hit with three years of wage freezes, and Gov. Cuomo and his top aides are taking 5 percent wage cuts, state Senate Republicans are doling out pay hikes to most of their Capitol staffers, The Post has learned.

And Cuomo has signaled a shift to the right, proposing wage freezes and tax caps and promising to take on the unions.

Districts also utilized other tools, including wage freezes, switching to higher - deductible health plans, and adjustments in salary schedules to help tighten finances in their schools.

In fact, many of these other teachers lived in districts that were increasing tax levies by just one and two percent (and where teachers were taking wage freezes!).

Remaining federal stimulus funding and rainy - day reserves in many districts could absorb the education cuts, Cuomo said, as well as wage freezes or benefit contributions.

One suggestion made to the Town Board was to place an immediate hiring and wage freeze on all positions that were not bound by contractual obligations.