Sentences with phrase «workers after a union»

Gov. Andrew Cuomo had proposed an optional defined contribution plan in the Tier Six proposal, but it was altered to only narrowly included non-unionized workers after unions like CSEA and the Public Employees Federation decried the provision.

Governor Andrew Cuomo opened the door to avoiding the layoffs of 3500 state workers after a union contract was rejected, but he says it's entirely up to the union leadership whether the job cut backs occur or not.

Not exact matches

A Court of Queen's Bench judge granted the injunction last December after the union representing thousands of oilsands workers requested one.

In his complaint, McGlaughlin describes a history of «abusive» practices and conflict with supervisors that predated — and he says prompted — his union - organizing efforts, and continued after he began seeking to organize his fellow workers.

Angry union protestors ripped off two Air France managers» shirts after Air France announced the proposed layoffs of about 3000 workers.

The attack comes just days after a separate incident involving union workers at a soon - to - be shuttered Goodyear plant in the French town of Amiens, who held two executives hostage as they sought to negotiate bonus and severance packages.

Sayanogorsk, Rusal's third biggest aluminium plant, is where Deripaska began buying up workers» shares during Russia's privatisation drive after the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991.

The union says in a release that the workers will be in a legal strike position on March 18, the day after their current contract expires.

Few could have imagined before he took office that the birthplace of the United Auto Workers union would become a right - to - work state, but that is exactly what happened last year after Snyder pushed the legislation through in 2012.

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.

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.

Southwest Airlines Co. and Transport Workers Union of America Local 556 finally struck an agreement in principle after three years of negotiations.

IG Metall's campaign follows a 6.3 per cent pay increase over two years secured for 2m public sector workers last month by Ver.di, the services union, after weeks of stoppages.

A union is launching legal action on behalf of more than 1,800 Monarch airline workers who lost their jobs after the firm went into administration.

A McCain Foods worker was burned by hot oil and taken to hospital late last week after New Zealand workers were brought in to fill production roles and failed to properly clean the chip fryer, the union says.

Workers at the Somerton centre went on indefinite strike yesterday morning after negotiations between the company Coles outsources its labour - hire to, Toll Group, and the National Union of Workers broke down.

OAK FOREST — For the first time in the history of the Oak Forest Park District, employees will have representation on salary, benefits and job security after the board of commissioners approved a contract Tuesday night between a Chicago union and district workers.

He, however, stressed that: «After series of deliberations between the government and the unions, especially in view of the financial situation of the state government, it was unanimously agreed the workers would forfeit their arrears».

About 21,000 AT&T Wireless workers, including about 75 in Western New York, are threatening to strike, after their union opted not to extend an expired contract.

Ministers and union leaders are returning to the negotiating table after yesterday's mass walkout from public sector workers.

Also at 11 a.m., the state Nurses Association, Transit Workers Union and climate change activist challenge New York to step up after Trump's exit from Paris Agreement on climate change, outside Senate lobby, state Capitol, Albany.

«I don't see why we should be penalized because of somebody else's aggression,» said Lenwood McKoy, president of Transport Workers Union Local 225, after the Monday press event, at which union members held up signs that read, «Don't kill union jobs.&rUnion Local 225, after the Monday press event, at which union members held up signs that read, «Don't kill union jobs.&runion members held up signs that read, «Don't kill union jobs.&runion jobs.»

A senior staffer of Employment Minister Michaelia Cash was forced to quit after tipping off the media about police raids on the Australian Workers Union's offices.

Despite determined resistance by the owners of these hotels, after tough fights the even more determined workers secured the right to be represented by the union of their choice, the New York Hotel Trades Council, AFL - CIO.

(Albany, NY)-- One day after being appointed Ranking Democratic Member of the New York State Senate Elections Committee, Senator Brian Kavanagh today joined with fellow legislators and advocates — including the Brennan Center for Justice, Citizen Action of New York, Citizens Union, Common Cause / NY, the League of Women Voters of New York State, the New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG), Planned Parenthood, and Transportation Workers United Local 100 and colleagues in the Senate to urge Governor Andrew Cuomo to fully fund early voting in the Fiscal 2018 - 2019 Executive Budget.

The contract comes about seven months after New York's second - largest state worker union, the white collar Public Employees Federation, reached its own three - year deal with 2 percent annual raises, no increases in negotiated health - care premium sharing and no givebacks.

It is a credit to the union's organizing department that in one shop after another — with or without the benefit of card check — workers have remained united and have elected overwhelmingly to join the Hotel Trades Council.

More than a year and a half after its most recent contract expired, New York's second - largest state worker's union has reached a tentative three - year labor agreement with the Cuomo administration.

After backing away from her workers - on - boards proposal, the prime minister faced immediate criticism from Frances O'Grady, general secretary of the Trades Union Congress.

Bob Master, the political director for the Communications Workers of America District One, said the union polled its members after the election and found that 60 percent had backed Clinton and 40 percent had backed Trump.

More than seven months after Republican Gov. John Kasich signed it into law, Ohioans have repealed SB 5, the anti-union legislation that would curb collective bargaining rights for 350,000 public workers and gut the political power of public - sector unions.

The Governor's alleged threats came after two Cuomo - friendly unions — SEIU Local 32BJ and Communications Workers of America — pulled out of the WFP.

Union leaders said they were «overwhelmed» by support after a strike by public sector workers caused widespread disruption.

The President of the state worker union the Public Employees Federation, Ken Brynien, says he's pleased that the governor seems to realize that state government can not continue in its current form, after years of budget cuts and staff attrition, and that it needs to be reorganized.

Albany — A former employee of a major state workers union is suing the organization, claiming he was fired after suffering a serious auto accident that forced him to work on a part - time, light duty schedule.

For the millions of people who work at the bottom end of the British economy, however, stronger trade unions could tilt the balance back toward workers, after decades in which bosses have enjoyed relatively free reign.

After all, labor, especially the public - sector unions, spends big on politics — and also supplies legions of campaign workers to help its friends and fight its enemies.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo greets crowd of union workers after speech on raising the minimum wage at a rally outside the State Capitol on Tuesday.

Stuart Appelbaum, head of the Retail Workers and Department Store Union (RWDSU), the local labor leader who invited Trumka to the armory, said that «bringing the head of the AFL - CIO the first week after he is elected sends a powerful message about what working people want in economic development.

Arthur Cheliotes, whose union, the Communication Workers of America, is backing Liu, said after the board's ruling that it would only serve to motivate Liu's supporters.

The strike would come after four unions staged a day of action on June 30, involving 750,000 workers.

Thousands of Bronx building workers opted not to walk off the job last night after their union reached a tentative contract with the group...

«We didn't take a position on the specifics of the proposal,» DiNapoli said after a speech to the union representing M.T.A. workers.

The rally's attendees, who were mostly local Democrats and union workers, yelled in support after Rigney criticized Katko, who is also an SU alumnus, for his comments on refugee resettlement in Syracuse, while booing when she mentioned Katko voted to defund Planned Parenthood four times.

Jeremy Corbyn has taken another major step forward in his campaign to become Labour leader after the Communication Workers Union announced that it is to endorse him to act as the antidote to the Blairite «virus» in the party.

The governor was in a jokey sort of mood — a far cry from his angry rhetoric in Buffalo yesterday when he went after state worker unions and legislators who might be contemplating playing hooky for the Nov. 29 lame duck session.

And in New York City, Bill de Blasio is now the first Democratic mayor after two decades of Republican reign, thanks in part to early support from the health - care - workers» union, SEIU 1199.

This rating comes days after the Industrial Commercial Workers» Union (ICU) scored Nana Addo's government 80 % in its assessment, but emphasized the need for government to speed up processes to get the Special Prosecutor Office running effectively.

After 16 months of tense negotiations that included a two - week strike last year, unions representing 45,000 Verizon employees announced tentative new contracts that call for an 8 percent pay raise over four years while requiring workers to pay more for health coverage.

Cuomo has voiced support for Paterson's layoff plan, but the two largest state worker unions — CSEA and PEF — have been fighting hard to counter it, even calling on the governor to rescind the firings after learning that he has doled out some $ 17 million worth of pork prior to his impending departure from public office.