Sentences with phrase «with public employee unions»
A top aide to a Republican candidate for governor is working with public employee unions to defeat Republican candidates in local elections.
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This year's contract negotiations between the union and the state stand in stark contrast to Cuomo's initial battle with public employees unions after taking office in 2011.
We're going to be tangling with public employee unions going forward.»
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 remained unusually popular with New Yorkers through two budget battles, contract fights with the public employee unions and the passage of several controversial policy proposals, including same - sex marriage and the creation of a sixth pension tier.
«Now they have rolled over for Andrew Cuomo, the latest son seeking to inherit his father's former office, who refuses to make Wall Street and the rich pay their fair share of taxes, who intends to make war with the public employees union, supports expanding the financial waste of charter schools and wants to impose caps on public spending.
The Senate President worked with public employee union leaders to draft the amendment, and remains committed to its passage today.
But one of the candidates, AG Andrew Cuomo, has already signaled his intention to get tough with the public employee unions, which is part of the reason why he selected Rochester Mayor Bob Duffy as his running mate.
Cuomo did call for some things that will be unpopular with public employee unions (freezing pay, creating a Tier VI in the pension fund, reducing the size of state government — a move that will undoubtedly necessitate job cuts, but he makes no mention of that I can find in «The New NY Agenda: A Plan for Action»).
On the same day that Cuomo and the New York Democrats were enacting reforms that will help all of New York, Jerry Brown was meeting with public employee unions behind doors to reach an agreement on raising taxes that will hurt all Californians.
ALBANY — Gov. Paterson has put massive state employee layoffs «on the radar screen» after being told the no - layoff pledge he signed with public employee unions last year is not legally binding, The Post has learned.
He enjoys a strong rapport with the public employees unions, but his relationship with Mr. Cuomo is believed to be less than warm.
After Governor Christie reneged on his commitment to pay into the pension system, breaking his own law, Senator Sweeney joined with public employee unions to sue the Governor.
Cuomo has gone out of his way to make clear where his loyalties lie within the labor community, and they are decidedly not with the public employees unions, whose wages the AG has proposed freezing.
I strongly suspect that a reason for the senate's mousiness is the cozy relationship its leaders formed with the public employee unions beginning more than a dozen years ago.
Christie and Malloy have clashed repeatedly — and quite publicly — over both personality and policy, particularly when it comes to negotiating with public employee unions, pension reform and budgeting.
Last year, in exchange for an agreement to reduce the state's long - term pension costs, Mr. Paterson signed in a memorandum of understanding with public employee unions that he would not lay off any state workers during his term, which expires Dec. 31.
Burke's work with public employee unions coincides with his work for Donnelly's campaign for governor, which has repeatedly attacked the unions for excessive salaries and benefits.
ALBANY — Formal talks with public employee unions will start next week, a senior aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo said.
Management had little incentive to bargain in good faith with public employee unions that had no right to strike until the 1982 Triborough Amendment to the Taylor Law.
As for unspecified state agency savings targets, the administration said the proposed budget calls for agencies to begin new cost - control measures in amounts to cover increases from collective bargaining agreements with public employee unions.
But after Republican Gov. Scott Walker's battle with public employee unions erupted, the constant uproar at the Capitol in Madison quickly became the only thing anyone wanted to talk about.
In reality, with public employee unions leading the charge, public education has turned into one behemoth jobs program.
This orchestrated assault may already be working: witness formerly proworker politicians like New York's Democratic gubernatorial nominee Andrew Cuomo's attempt to demonstrate toughness by proclaiming, «We are going to be tangling with public employee unions.»
He argued that the 2014 primary was driven by anger over Cuomo's stance on fracking and fights with public employee unions that has faded in the four year since.
Kermit the Frog: who refuses to make Wall Street and the rich pay their fair share of taxes, who intends to make war with the public employees union, supports expanding the financial waste of charter schools and wants to impose caps on public spending.
The tour may have prompted Gov. David Paterson — a Carrion supporter who has conducted his own battles with public employee unions — to include a proposal that would change the notification law on the agenda for Monday's special legislative session.
The state still has financial problems, even after Quinn canceled contracts with public employee unions.
«Yes, he tangled with public employee unions.
The New York governor has sought to build his national profile by pushing socially liberal policies like gay marriage legalization and gun control in his first term, even as he earned the ire of left - wing groups for his fiscal conservatism and battles with public employee unions.
Still, left - wing groups blasted him for his fiscal conservatism and his fights with public employee unions.