Sentences with phrase «workers over pensions»

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 job cuts.

Not exact matches

And over the last forty years, large corporations have nearly eliminated the safety nets that workers used to count on from them, including implicit promises of long term employment and secure pensions.

The most radical proposal, Proposal C, would take workers» pension savings accumulated over the past 35 years and pay the money to current retirees.

The nation's funded and regulated private pension funds called Administradoras de Fondos de Pensiones (AFPs) and financed by workers» mandatory 10 % contributions, has now accumulated over $ 160 billion in privately - managed accounts.

According to a 2015 Glassdoor survey, 31 percent of workers valued a workplace retirement account, such as a 401 (k) or pension plan, over an increase in pay.

Saunders, the president of the Vancouver and District Labour Council, says that Canadian workers and their pensions are more exposed to risk during market trouble because of the successful campaign over the past decades to move from defined benefit pensions, which guarantee a certain monthly amount when you retire, to defined contribution plans, promoted by market enthusiasts.

They took trillions in investor dollars — mostly pension funds and foundations — and multiplied them many times over like so many loaves and fishes, developing a mystique as modern - day miracle workers.

Those in good shape include workers who participated in employer - sponsored pensions and retirement plans over the course of a 30 - year career.

Up to two million public sector workers are striking over their pensions today, as union leaders» impasse with the government continues.

Six unions have mounted a legal challenge on behalf of millions of public sector workers over what inflation index is used to increase their pensions.

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

«The consequence of the long - drawn - out negotiations over the latest reform appears to be little or no long - term saving to the taxpayer or reduction in generosity, on average, of pensions for public service workers,» Carl Emmerson, deputy director of the IFS, said.

This brief uses data from the Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement5 to examine the importance of public pensions to black retirement security, and why the twin threats to public pensions — cuts to state pension benefits and the decline in public employment over the past two decades — particularly threaten the retirement security of African American workers.

Long Island's largest beer distributor has reached a tentative deal with its delivery workers, which comes after months of disagreement at Clare Rose over pension and pay.

Public sector workers in Britain have gone on strike today in a row over pay, pensions, conditions, jobs and spending cuts.

Over a million public sector workers are set to take industrial action against the government in a series of rows over pay, pensions, jobs, conditions and spending cuts, according to union figuOver a million public sector workers are set to take industrial action against the government in a series of rows over pay, pensions, jobs, conditions and spending cuts, according to union figuover pay, pensions, jobs, conditions and spending cuts, according to union figures.

Public sector workers are striking today over a row on pay, conditions, pensions and spending cuts.

Cuomo convened the mandate relief council in 2011, and during his first three years in office has helped localities by capturing cost increases in the Medicaid program and taking over its administration from counties, giving school districts more flexibility in how they set up bus transportation and imposing a less - generous pension plan for newly hired workers.

The authority and the workers are fighting over differences in base pay, health care costs and contributions to pensions for future workers.

Mayor Bill de Blasio unveiled today his solution to the ongoing conflict over pension payouts to cops, firefighters, corrections officers and sanitation workers hurt on the job — but union leaders said they remain unsatisfied.

Osun state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has threatened to drag the state government to court over the non-payment of workers» salaries and pensions...

Hundreds of water workers are due to take strike action later over United Utilities» plans for their staff pension scheme.

Public employee unions were angry with the governor for reducing pensions benefits for new workers, and teachers were upset over a property tax cap, which impacts school budgets, and test - based evaluations.

Populist outrage is building over the state's historically untouchable public - employee unions, with their ever - expanding pensions and outdated culture of unfireable workers and overpaid bureaucrats.

DiNapoli is close and quite popular with the public workers unions whose pension fund he manages and Cuomo, as governor, was preparing to do battle with state workers over a less generous contract, threatening layoffs in the process.

The Civil Service Employees Assocation has filed CSEA an Improper Practice charge with PERB over Gov. David Paterson's continuing threat of layoffs depite his signing of a no - layoff agreement with the state workers unions in exchange for their support of a fifth pension fund tier.

But a far more pressing concern for many of the workers on site is the ongoing dispute with the government over their pensions.

The number of retired public sector workers in New York collecting six - figure pensions is closing in on 4,000, with an 18 percent increase over the year before, according to a recent survey by The Empire Center.

IT workers who maintain the records of millions of people for the Department for Work and Pensions have voted almost unanimously for industrial action over plans to offshore their work, the Public and Commercial Services union announces.

The main civil servants» union, the Public and Commercial Services union, which took joint strike action on 30 June, has described Labour leader Ed Miliband's refusal to support public sector workers taking action over cuts in their pensions as «a slap in the face».

Around 70,000 public sector workers in Wales join a one - day strike over pay, pensions and working conditions.

Unions have warned that strikes by public sector workers in the row over pensions will continue following a day of walkouts and protests.

Public sector workers are taking part in a series of strikes across the country over disputes involving pay, pensions and cuts.

A fight over disability pension benefits escalated on Friday, with the de Blasio administration defending its proposal and police and fire unions and members of the City Council claiming it short - changes uniformed workers, forcing them to choose between a better line - of - duty pension or a higher cost - of - living increase after retirement.

To prevent the impending lapse of mayoral control over New York City schools, the state Legislature and Governor Andrew Cuomo passed a two - year extension Thursday as part of a larger omnibus bill, which included a pension enhancement for certain uniformed workers, special recognition for former Governor Mario Cuomo, and several benefits for upstate areas.

As late as Tuesday, both sides said they were deadlocked over how lucrative the pensions for future union workers should be.

Senator Sweeney has taken the lead on trying to fix our pension system to ensure it remains healthy for workers who have contributed to it over their careers, and for those whose retirements depend on it.

He supported a Cuomo - backed bill to improve disability pensions for uniformed workers over a more modest version the mayor sought and wrote to the city ripping a plan to place homeless people at a Queens hotel located near the Nassau County border with zero public outreach, Thies said.

The local government pension scheme is split into over 80 different funds, with 1.7 million workers paying for four million total members.

Hundreds of thousands of public sector workers are walking out once again over their public sector pensions, but the government says further resistance is futile.

And spokesman Rich Azzopardi says Cuomo has already created a new pension tier for retired workers with reduced benefits and taken over the costs for the growth of Medicaid.

The plan has its limitations: state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli runs the fund and Cuomo has zero control over the pension fund for hundreds of thousands of state and local government workers and retirees.

Public sector workers have their pensions protected, even if another provider takes over the service, under «fair deal» rules agreed by Labour in the late 1990s.

In interviews with over a dozen state committee members, Capital heard common frustration with Cuomo's fiscal record — he blocked an income tax hike on wealthy city residents, cut corporate taxes, reduced school aid in 2011 (and slowly dialed it back up), reduced pensions for newly hired public workers and pushed for a cap on local property tax increases.

Mr. Cuomo used his power over the decennial redistricting process to win some victories in March: He was able to get lawmakers, who wanted him to sign the gerrymandered legislative maps they had drawn, to agree to curb pension benefits for future public workers, to create a more rigorous system for evaluating schoolteachers, and to take the first step toward legalizing a significant expansion of casino gambling.

The number of retired public sector workers in New York collecting six - figure pensions is closing in on 4,000, with an 18 percent increase over the year before, according to a recent survey by a fiscal watchdog group.

On Monday, the largest public workers union, the CSEA, suspended all political endorsements and campaign contributions over the pension package, saying lawmakers traded the retirement security of future workers in exchange for new district lines, which were also passed in the all night session.

Thousands of Revenue and Customs workers will stage a half - day walkout today, marking the latest phase of industrial action by civil servants over jobs, pensions and terms and conditions.

Mr Barber's latest attack on the government comes as his organisation prepares for the «TUC Day of Action» on November 30th when up to three million workers will take part in stoppages, meetings and rallies in protest over the government's decision to cut public sector pensions.

More than a million public sector workers are expected to strike in a series of disputes with the government over pay, pensions and job cuts.