Sentences with phrase «workers in the public sector»

It is important to shine a light on the financial details of workers in the public sector.

«I came out on streets today because I feel the government reforms are not adequately engaging in dialogue with various workers in the public sector.

We also fervently call on Government to deal with whatever handicaps or bottlenecks have prevented the payment of April salaries to almost all workers in the public sector.

This demonstrates that most workers in the public sector do not want to lose a day's pay by striking but are being forced to do so by a minority in their union who have been wound up by the militant and ideologically - driven desires of union barons.

While accusatory fingers are almost always pointed at politicians and workers in the public sector for topping the corruption chart, Rev. Kennedy Okosun, the Chairman of Krif Foundation, a non-governmental organisation, said people forgot that it was the private sector and citizens who offered or tempted public officials.

«If the Report recommendations on the workforce are implemented it will be akin to using schools as a test bed for removing the employment rights of workers in the public sector.

Under the new legislation, the details of which are being revealed today, it will be virtually impossible for workers in the public sector to ever again organise industrial action to defend their pay and conditions.

The pain for millions of workers in the public sector will continue as they lose automatic pay rises awarded for time served.

The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo - Addo, has stated that as his administration seeks to establish a world - class labour force comparable to any in the world, concerns of workers in the public sector over their remuneration must be addressed.

Patients welcomed the rapid diagnostic tests as well as government involvement in improving drug shops, and vendors «felt big» and more akin to qualified health workers in the public sector for being allowed to test blood.

The AEA now says it can not pay more because it is «constrained by the government's pay ceiling for workers in the public sector».

While DB plans are still widespread for workers in the public sector (including the above pensions), they are much rarer in the private sector and becoming rarer as time goes on as major employers attempt to replace DB plans with defined - contribution plans.

To this end, the CSLF recommends that the government implement measures to increase the integration of allophone and Anglophone workers in the public sector and provide them with the necessary language support.

Not exact matches

Unifor will initially represent more than 300,000 workers across roughly 20 sectors of the economy, primarily in manufacturing, communications and transportation, as well as some public sector employees in the health, education and transit sectors.

The British government assured employees working on the company's public - sector contracts that they'd be paid, but no such promises were made to workers on Carillion's contracts in the private sector.

The source said the pay cap was brought in to «deal with the mess we inherited from Labour» and acknowledged the «hard work and sacrifice» made by public sector workers, saying jobs had been protected and the deficit reduced by three quarters.

However, with technology - based education initiatives likely to see a reduction in federal and state funding in the coming years, the public sector will likely not have the resources to step in and help bridge the gap between a lack of skilled workers and unfilled jobs.

«The PRPP will not do anything to help people in the private sector close the really massive gap with public - sector workers,» he says.

For several years, Cameco has tied compensation to environmental sustainability and worker safety, because «being in the uranium business, the company understands the importance of the social licence from the community,» says Nancy Hopkins, a lawyer who sits on several private - and public - sector boards, including Cameco's.

Earlier this year, Indiana passed right - to - work legislation and two cities in California voted to curb the pensions of public sector workers.

In the U.S., deteriorating urban finances — from Detroit to Stockton, Calif. — threaten municipal bond holders, public - sector workers, and taxpayers.

Under Finance Minister Nicolas Marceau's plan, the PQ seeks to create jobs, avoid tax hikes, further exploit Quebec's natural resources and rein in government spending, such as pushing for «fair» agreements with physicians and public - sector workers during upcoming contract negotiations.

Public - and private - sector workers in North America demanding greater access to retirement - planning tools through digital channels.

Further to my earlier post showing that the public / private sector pay gap is mainly due to more equal pay for women in service jobs, Â a recent piece from Canadian Public Policy by Hou and Coulombe shows that the pay gap between Canadian born racialized workers and non racialized workers exists almost entirely in the private sector and not in the public spublic / private sector pay gap is mainly due to more equal pay for women in service jobs, Â a recent piece from Canadian Public Policy by Hou and Coulombe shows that the pay gap between Canadian born racialized workers and non racialized workers exists almost entirely in the private sector and not in the public sPublic Policy by Hou and Coulombe shows that the pay gap between Canadian born racialized workers and non racialized workers exists almost entirely in the private sector and not in the public spublic sector.

Portugal has addressed its public debt problem — the deficit was 9.3 % of GDP in 2009 — with a 5 % pay cut for public sector workers earning more than $ 1,500 a month and an increase in VAT.

Lets just say this, using the census data, controlling on 4 digit occupation (NocS), gender and age, there is less than a 2 % difference in average annual pay, between private and public sector workers working within similar occupations.

The study shows that on average, male workers actually make slightly more in the private sector than comparable occupations in the public sector.

Cutting government services — either temporarily in a shutdown, or permanently through spending reductions — can disrupt a broad range of commerce and hit American workers and businesses tied to the public sector.

Patrick Colford concludes by saying: «The New Brunswick Federation of Labour will be looking for political party's platforms to include commitments for improving labour laws so that all workers are entitled to paid sick leave, investing in public services to protect society's most vulnerable citizens and adopting pay equity legislation that covers the private sector.»

Certainly Mr. Trudeau sent some encouraging signals during the election campaign, in an open letter to federal public sector workers.

The Liberals have been pushing their right - wing agenda for the past twelve years: privatizing and contracting out, slashing corporate taxes so they're now the lowest in Canada, dismantling the social safety net and environmental standards regulations in BC, and attacking public sector workers.

Eroding pension plans by shifting risk onto vulnerable employees and retirees with limited ability to absorb income cuts is quite in keeping with the Harper government's determination to lower the boom on public sector workers and improve the profitability of their corporate friends in the private sector.

Kuwaiti oil sector employees sit in a shaded area on the first day of an official strike called by the Oil and Petrochemical Industries Workers Union over public sector pay Continue Reading

American women are offered 12 weeks of unpaid leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act, which exempts companies with fewer than 50 paid employees, but in 2011, only 11 percent of private sector workers and 17 percent of public workers reported that they had access to paid maternity leave through their employer.

«We had public sector workers in the NHS using social media to campaign against the Conservative party.

In order to win next year, Cameron needs to persuade at least some of the millions of public sector workers currently living under a one per cent pay freeze that their living standards will improve as well.

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That's why, as with most strikes in the public sector, who backs down most will not depend on a direct conflict between workers and management as to who can inflict or sustain most pain; too many members of the public would be caught in the crossfire and both sides» reputations would suffer unacceptably.

«Vested interests are trying to create a wedge between public and private sector workers, when in reality they have common cause on this.

The report, which will be welcomed by the government as proof it is offering public sector workers a fair deal in difficult economic times, highlights the change from retail price index to consumer price index inflation as the most substantial change for public sector workers.

«The shadow chancellor has wrapped up public sector cuts, public sector pay freezes, a rise in retirement age and reduced pension rights in warm words that will ring hollow with Britain's army of public sector workers.»

Unite general secretary Len McCluskey said: «Our legal challenge against the coalition government is hugely significant for workers in both the public and private sectors.

Teachers are set to be joined by other public sector workers in a mass walkout at the end of the month.

He chose not to go to university and instead started work as union organiser representing public sector workers in local authorities and the health service.

David Cameron addresses the Local Government Association's conference in Birmingham, two days before public sector workers strike over their pensions:

Instead it had an impact in 2017, according to Yougov, who say the Tories had a 16 point lead over Labour with private sector workers, which flipped to May's party trailing Corbyn's by 5 points with those in the public sector.

Lord Hutton has recommended the scrapping of final salary pensions, in a widely - expected move likely to trigger anger among public sector workers.

The minister argued that there were more than five million public sector workers in the country, and pointed out that they all had loved ones, such as parents, spouses and children, who might share their frustration at government policy.

«Regional pay penalising public sector workers in the north - no.

«With the public sector workers... yes, I think what we saw with head teachers writing letters home to parents in effect saying «don't vote for the Conservatives», that was the subtext,» she explains.