Sentences with phrase «with wage freeze»

«But I think coming in here with a wage freeze is attacking the problem with a club.»

First, Ontario Conservative leader Tim Hudak builds his whole campaign around a promise to create one million new jobs in Ontario over eight years, then one of his first campaign commitments threats  is to reduce the number of Ontario government employees by 100,000, together with a wage freeze for every -LSB-...]

Not exact matches

Her reputation as a conciliator was part of her appeal during the 2013 leadership contest, a skill she's used to make peace with public school teachers angry over wage - freeze legislation and appointing herself agriculture minister to mend fences with communities upset over decisions to cancel the slots - at - racetracks program and the installation of industrial wind turbines.

Prior to this plan being frozen, participants received «pay credits» which varied with age and years of service (points) and differed for pay above and below the taxable wage base.

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.

While Governor - elect Andrew Cuomo is a Democrat, he ran on a fiscally conservative platform that had more in keeping with the Senate Republicans» interests — property tax cap, public employee wage freeze, spending reductions — than the majority of Democrats (particularly those who hail from downstate) in the Senate and Assembly conferences.

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.

To the extent that conservatives succeed in reducing fiscal woes to a case of runaway spending, politicians find it easier to address budget shortfalls with public sector furlough days, wage freezes, layoffs and benefit cuts than with progressive tax increases that, many economists conclude, would cause the least harm to the recovery.

Ditching the modest rise of the minimum wage, the freeze on energy prices or the tax on banker bonuses on the other hand might deprive the party of the few policies that are actually popular with voters.

For Labour, the lock of responsibility liberated Miliband to pursue his campaign to address social inequality with a series of commitments on the minimum wage, zero - hours contracts, freezes on energy prices, a cap on train fares and extra investments on the NHS.

The move is likely to come with an exemption for farmers and a measure that would freeze the minimum wage in case of an economic downturn.

Tom Barraga (R - West Islip), who voted against the wage freeze along with three other Republicans and one Democrat, has said lawmakers already had made appropriate sacrifices with the lag payroll.

Gov. David Paterson this morning traded indirect barbs with PEF President Ken Brynien, all but accusing the labor leader of lying on the airwaves while defending labor's refusal to go along with furloughs, wage freezes and other cost - cutting proposals.

He's entering the fray from a strong position — President Obama ordered a wage freeze for federal workers in November, and many other governors are grappling with the same issue in order to breach their own budget gaps.

Fields, 64, who has been endorsed by the union in past elections, angered the organization earlier this year with her proposal that teachers across the state reopen their contracts and agree to a wage freeze to help close the state budget deficit.

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 governor negotiated a contract with the Public Employees Federation that included a three - year wage freeze and furlough days, along with givebacks for health care.

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

The wage deal is likely to come with an exemption for farmers and a measure that would freeze the minimum wage in case of an economic downturn.

As I wrote in my DN column this morning, the teachers and the public employee unions aren't sold on Cuomo — largely due to proposals that are unpopular with the leadership like spending and property tax caps, wage freezes and support for charter schools.

For about three years, the MTA — following a pattern that Cuomo's administration sought from unions throughout the state — demanded that LIRR workers accept a five - year pact with three years of wage freezes and several other concessions.

For the state government alone, pay hikes guaranteed by the Triborough Amendment have cost $ 140 million a year, even after Governor Andrew Cuomo negotiated a wage «freeze» with state unions.

Under Kaiman, the seven - member board worked more cooperatively with Mangano, lifting a three - year wage freeze and approving new labor contracts.

* 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

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.»

A uniformed - union leader who's since retired once recalled an early conversation with Governor Cuomo about what was in store for public employees at a time when Mr. Cuomo was leaning on state - employee unions to accept a three - year wage freeze and sizable increases in their health - care premiums.

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.

NIFA can impose a wage freeze, cut staff and reopen contracts with county employees.

This request comes as the County is still calculating savings from early retirees, who are not required to state their intention to retire until early October, the fact that County Executive Picente is looking to work with unions to freeze wages for this coming year, and because of the need to plan for appropriate job losses in the event that the wage freeze proposal is not accepted.

NYSUT is big enough so that its active «no» vote on Cuomo would make it difficult for him to hit the threshold necessary to get the AFL endorsement, especially if the public employee unions, which are not pleased with the AG's proposed wage freeze and other parts of his «New NY Agenda» plan, also decided to oppose him.

Especially in recent years it has been disconcerting to a lot of consumers to have to deal with these increases even in the face of high unemployment and wage cuts and freezes for those of us fortunate enough to still be working.

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