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10%, many routes could be cut and many jobs lost if a government grant system falls victim to cuts, it has been warned. Local authorities, bus operators, transport campaigners and unions have written to Transport Secretary Philip Hammond. They fear tha...
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<img alt="" height="1" width="1" />Four unions agree to state pension cuts
Fresno Bee
... health professionals include one day of unpaid personal leave per month during fiscal year 2010-11, the equivalent of just under a 5...
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years as the bulk of baby boomers retire out, leaving behind a workforce with fewer active workers to pay into the scheme. The measure will affect private- and public-sector employees alike - the latter fact ensuring that unions will be able to muster

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<img alt="" height="1" width="1" />San Jose Budget decision on hold
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SAN JOSE - There was no decision made yesterday by the San Jose City Council on whether to impose a ten-percent...
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has voted to accept the Croke Park agreement. Members of ICTU's Public Services Committee formally ratified the pay and reform deal at a meeting in Dublin this evening by a majority of 2 to 1. The deal - which was brokered by unions and the Government in

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of service, lengthen hours, introduce a process of redeployment and 'reform' public services, on a promise of no wage cuts for four years. We have argued time and time again in the columns of Fightback that there is no chance of any sort of equitable

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he said at a news conference. A strike last week by civil servants protesting an average 5 percent wage cut drew a weak response, raising questions about whether the unions had the support for a fullblown walkout. Zapatero only narrowly dodged a crisis

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, canceling raises for all employees, including many whose unions voluntarily accepted wage freezes last year in return for promised raises this year. The university says it is facing a $96 million budget gap due to a 15 percent cut in state aid

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to the unions this week as part of the budget balancing plan. But union leaders said the job cuts will ultimately result in only $13 million in savings because of a previous deal agreed to defer pay increases if the city agreed to no layoffs. Now that

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l servants went on strike Tuesday to protest government cuts to their salaries as part of a plan to rein in a ballooning public deficit that has rattled global financial markets. Unions representing the country's nearly three million public

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Fears wage cost will push up inflation Implementing Rudd policies "to blame" Unions dismiss "big whinge" as baseless THE cost of employing state public servants will blow out by $14.2 billion

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is on the wane. Official figures put the support for the 1-day action in protest at civil service wage cuts at just 11%. Canary Islands - 09.06.2010 - The stoppage caused very little disruption to local government, schools and hospitals. The turn-out for

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From: The Australian Fears wage cost will push up inflation Implementing Rudd policies 'to blame' Unions dismiss 'big whinge' as baseless THE cost of employing state public servants will blow out by $14.2 billion

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Spanish civil servants went on strike yesterday to protest against wage cuts aimed at reducing the country's huge deficit. The stoppage was seen as a first test of strength for unions that are considering calling a general strike if the

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government forced through a plan to shave 15 billion euros off the budget with public sector savings including wage cuts. But unions hope the action will also help gauge support for a possible general strike on labor reform. Economists consider reform of

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government forced through a plan to shave 15 billion euros off the budget with public sector savings including wage cuts. But unions hope the action will also help gauge support for a possible general strike on labor reform. Economists consider reform of

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Spanish civil servants chanted protests in central Madrid today as they took part in a one-day strike over wage cuts aimed at reducing the country's huge deficit. The stoppage was seen as a first test of strength for unions that are considering calling a

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Spanish civil servants have gone on strike in protest at wage cuts aimed at reducing the country's huge deficit. The action is seen as a first test of strength for unions which are considering calling a general strike if the

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Hoffman said: We must align our staffing level to match the smaller size of the business. The job cuts are expected to come at all grades following consultation with unions. Northern Rock is also shutting its final salary pension scheme. Rob MacGregor,

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after the government forced through a plan to shave 15-billion-euros off the budget with public sector savings including wage cuts, but unions hope the action will also help gauge support for a wider strike on labor reform. The two largest Spanish unions

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after the government forced through a plan to shave 15-billion-euros off the budget with public sector savings including wage cuts, but unions hope the action will also help gauge support for a wider strike on labor reform. The two largest Spanish unions

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of Spanish civil servants chanted protests in central Madrid as they took part in a one-day strike over wage cuts aimed at reducing the country's huge deficit. The stoppage was seen as a first test of strength for unions that are considering calling a

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Spain's civil servants have gone on strike to protest at salary cuts as part of a plan to rein in a ballooning public deficit that has rattled global financial markets. Unions for more than two million public workers, ranging from doctors

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through a plan to shave 15 billion euros (12.35 billion pounds) off the budget with public sector cuts, is a shot across the government's bows before unions receive its draft of much-awaited labour reform Wednesday. Public sector workers face average

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their share to balance the budget, Mayor Chuck Reed on Friday called on the city council to impose pay and benefit cuts on six unions he had previously asked for voluntary concessions. Reed's aggressive proposal is the equivalent of a nuclear strike in a

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employees is launching a general strike on June 9 and has rejected a government offer for a 21% wage hike this year. The one-day strike comes amid demands for high salary increases from a number of unions as runaway inflation cuts into workers'

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The scale of the cuts in the NHS could lead to a demoralised and overstretched workforce, health service unions said today. The claims came after the full scale of the cuts effecting Glasgow health workers

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Source: Reuters * Parliament to debate wage, pension cuts next week * Unions plan one-day general strike *Investors shun debt, fear govt may fail to cut costs * Cost cuts needed to secure IMF-led financial aid

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A government drive to make public sector salaries more transparent has come under fire from pay experts and unions. This week, a list with the name, job title, grade and salary bracket of 172 civil servants earning more than £150,000 was made public on

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the unions to consider 'a laundry list' of givebacks, including higher health care co-pays, unpaid furlough days and cuts in longevity bonuses. In one case ? that of the International Brotherhood of Police Officers ? the mayor says he wants union

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more talks on a new collective labour agreement that is seen by the government as crucial to ensuring pay restraint. Although the three-year programme agreed with the European Union and the International Monetary Fund as part of a 110 billion euro

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negotiating a new deal with one union that has a contract about to expire, the city will seek wage and benefit concessions from its other three bargaining units. As some elected officials and residents called for deeper spending cuts, the City Council

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their fourth day of strike action in a month. Union members walked out again in the dispute over pay and conditions. The city's Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, the Gallery of Modern Art and the Burrell Collection were all closed. Unions said they

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fourth day in the past month that union members have walked out in the dispute, which centres on pay and conditions. The city's Burrell Collection and the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum were both closed by the dispute on Friday. Unions said they were

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<img alt="" height="1" width="1" />Detroit mayor, AFSCME await fact-finding report
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Refusal by the 3000-member American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees union to take a 10-percent pay cut "also impacts other unions who ...

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<img alt="" height="1" width="1" />Detroit mayor, AFSCME await fact-finding report
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Refusal by the 3000-member American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees union to take a 10-percent pay cut "also impacts other unions who ...
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Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said Sunday his government would hold firm on spending cuts despite pressure from unions which have threatened a general strike

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began on Wednesday midnight local time, is the fourth one called by the unions since February against the wage revision, pension cuts and higher taxes ordered by the government. The country's major unions are protesting against the shock measures ordered

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<img alt="" height="1" width="1" />Vashon School District will seek pay cuts to balance budget
Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber
Superintendent Michael Soltman says he'll ask the Vashon school district's three unions to consider a 1 to 2 percent across-the-board pay cut in an effort ...
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* Unions say up to 60,000 could rally in Bucharest * Pay cuts crucial for IMF deal and budget deficit financing * Demonstration is key test for government reform drive BUCHAREST, May 19 (Reuters) - Romanian authorities closed off parts of central

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