Sentences with phrase «while public service unions»

For unions in manufacturing the imperative to consolidate has been driven by deindustrialisation, while public service unions have had to face up to the pressures of privatisation and contracting out.

Not exact matches

In the past few months, the leaders of all the public sector unions threatened a mass strike of three million workers over pensions, while this week the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union balloted members on industrial action over civil service jobpublic sector unions threatened a mass strike of three million workers over pensions, while this week the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union balloted members on industrial action over civil service jobPublic and Commercial Services (PCS) union balloted members on industrial action over civil service job cuts.

While explaining what led to the strike, workers under the aegis of the Amalgamated Union of Public Corporations, Civil Service, Technical and Recreational Service Employees, AUPCTRE CAC, adduced it to an imbalance in staff cost, industrial disharmony, huge salary disparity, among others.

While public - sector unions and some of the institutions of New York's left that they dominate feud openly with Cuomo and have pushed him to be more economically progressive, he's been able to fend off left - flank challenges with the support of the building trades and the major locals of the Service Employees International Union, 32BJ and SEIU.

This campaign believed in what we, as a union, bring to the state of New York and highlighted the need for respect for public services, while speaking out against the negative impact of privatization and diminishment of vital state services.

EMLD and SLF wrote to the Lib Dem peers urging them to stay on into the evening to vote to retain the General Duty, while the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS)-- which is not affiliated to any political party — and others also lobbied hard.

However, some radical policies were supported by both Conservative voters and the general public — radical reform of public services «including privatisation» was supported by 47 % of the public, and opposed by 30 %, while threatening to withdraw from the European Union was supported by 49 % of the public and opposed by 29 %.

For 10 years, while president of the UFT, Weingarten chaired New York City's Municipal Labor Committee, an umbrella organization for the city's 100 - plus public sector unions, including those representing higher education and other public service employees.

The analysis shows how services of general (economic) interest constitute one of the linchpins of the mixed economic «constitution» of the European Union, as they allow for a liberalized and competitive market environment while making sure that further economic and equity oriented considerations are also taken into account in the design of public policy.