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<img alt="" height="1" width="1" />Board to vote on contract that freezes San Carlos teacher paySan Jose Mercury News"It is kind of strange to be happy about taking a pay cut, but I think teachers feel like we're doing ou...
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KAALtv.com<img alt="" height="1" width="1" />U of M Approves Tuition Increase, Pay CutsKSAXThe University of Minnesota approved a tuition increase as well as plans for layoffs and pay cut. The cuts and tuition increase are steps in an effo...
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- vote-getting actions for sure. Employers are cutting wages and benefits. My vote goes to the congressman who cuts his own wages and benefits. Bill Wilshire, Sioux City

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Best Corp.'s LTL division (93% of the company's revenues), rejected a plan that called for 15% wage cuts but included an earnings plus plan that would have made them nearly whole as the company returned to profitability (vote was 3,764-2,936, with 80%

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Hillsborough County legislators will vote this month on giving 3 percent pay raises to hundreds of county workers. The proposal comes as some other counties are giving 1 percent or no raises at all, according to a New Hampshire county government

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<img alt="" height="1" width="1" />Obama and GOP bicker over doctors' Medicare pay
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And that's why in the short-term, Congress must act to prevent this pay cut to doctors." In the GOP weekly radio address, House Republican leader John ...
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the District 300 school board will vote Monday on more than $1 million in administrator and other staff pay reductions. Board members could finalize a three-year support staff contract and a one-year administrators? contract that would result in the

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<img alt="" height="1" width="1" />Obama blames Republicans for pay cut risk to doctors
Xinhua
WASHINGTON, June 12 (Xinhua) -- US President Barack Obama called on Senate Republicans Saturday to stop blocking a vote that would...
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percent for workers handling non-containerized cargo at the Port of Hampton Roads. Port and labor officials say the cuts are necessary to lure more bulk cargo to the state-owned marine terminals in Newport News and Portsmouth and would help put more

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Americans, by significant margins, strongly support passage of federal Medicaid relief and vehemently oppose any additional state Medicaid cuts. The new survey findings further punctuate the impact of Medicaid cuts enacted in state capitols across the

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GEORGETOWN - Union Local 7898 cast a ?yes? vote on pay cuts and other concessions Wednesday night

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<img alt="" height="1" width="1" />Longshoremen to vote on 30 percent pay cut
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"No one wants to take a pay cut, but there are so many people on unemployment right now that this could really create a new workforce," he said.

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Meridian levy vote passes. The school district will use money from a district maintenance fund to supplement teacher salary cuts. Story Updated: Jun 9, 2010 at 10:02 AM MDT MERIDIAN - Residents voted Tuesday to approve the school district shifting four

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GUYTON ? Council members approved a $1.1 million budget Monday night, including $9,600 in pay raises for the mayor and council. The vote came after no opposition was voiced during a public hearing held for its first reading at the 7 p.m. meeting. The

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<img alt="" height="1" width="1" />The vote is in: Meridian teachers face 3.6 percent pay cut
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The measure, which met 88 percent approval,l will not eliminate salary cuts altogether. Teachers will still face a 3.6 percent...
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Meridian School District have a big decision to make Tuesday. The vote will determine how big of a pay cut teachers take. Voters will decide if the district can take $4 million out of a levy the district currently uses for building maintenance and

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New York state legislators will vote late Monday on emergency budget legislation that cuts health care spending and doubles the money for construction contractors. The temporary spending will fund core state operations through June 13. It is the 10th

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down from this yearâ??s $676 million. The district is making the budget work with about $14 million in cuts and use of some $36 million in reserves. The Jeffco vote kicks off a month of hard choices by school boards across the state. Faced with

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The public will get a last look at proposed school budget cuts for next year at a hearing June 15, when the Scottsdale Unified School District governing board will vote on the final package. On Tuesday night, the board approved the plan

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proposals on tackling delays to more than 60,000 applications as a result of an ongoing work-to-rule over pay cuts. The plans, drawn up by commission chief executive Kieran Mulvey, involve the introduction of around 50 temporary clerical officers to

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vote today on legislation that includes fiscal relief for states, we've updated our reports on state budget cuts and cuts to education programs and jobs . We've bulleted and the highlights below. As we've mentioned before , federal Recovery Act

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a win by as little as one vote. With the conservative opposition Popular Party opposing the package including salary cuts for public workers and pension freezes, the governing minority Socialists were hoping Catalan nationalists CiU will keep a promise

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to vote down any school budget in cases where the teachers of that district would not take a pay freeze. Supporting this idea was Commissioner of Education Bret Schundler. This is exactly what happened in Bernards Township last month. Clearly the voters

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to vote on the Lopatcong Township school budget and school board members. Faced with zero state aid and cuts in other state funds, Lopatcong Township Mayor Douglas Steinhardt assures residents that cost-cutting measures have been made in energy expenses,

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corporate governance advisory group has recommended that investors in banking group HSBC Holdings PLC (HBC) vote against its pay policies after flagging its concern that a senior executive received a GBP9 million bonus. Pensions and Investment Research

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refrained from voting on their respective school budget resolutions Monday night, waiting to hear a final decision about wage freezes from the Swedesboro-Woolwich Teachers Association. "We were pretty adamant about not delaying the vote tonight,"

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MURPHYSBORO - Jackson County officials may be getting a 3-percent raise in salary annually for the next four years, pending a vote from the county board. The board's finance committee voted Monday to approve the salary schedule for elected offices. State

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Election 2010: Union reaction to the election result has hailed the public for throwing their weight against public-service cuts

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Murphy for his vote in favor of a bill to block members of Congress from receiving an automatic pay raise. With the financial meltdown of 18 months ago still roiling the economy, Murphy made the right choice. 'There's a serious disconnect in Washington

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General Secretary, Dave Thomas, welcomed the outcome saying the deal offered the best hope of ensuring no further cuts in pay for public servants while also providing a mechanism for the reversal of pay cuts over time if the reforms deliver verifiable

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Thousands are taking part in rallies in Athens and police have clashed with some protesters outside parliament. Spending cuts and tax rises are planned in return for a 110bn euro (£95bn) rescue package for Greece's economy. Parliament is to vote on

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the country's debt crisis. The proposed three-year, 30bn austerity package lays out a series of harsh spending cuts and tax hikes. These include a three-year wage freeze for public-sector workers; the scrapping of a number of public-sector bonuses and

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Greece's parliament has voted in favour of the hefty cuts and reforms proposed by the government to address the country's financial crisis. The vote cames a day after three bank workers died in a petrol bomb attack as demonstrations

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Central Athens, 06 May 2010 Greek lawmakers have opened debate on a controversial set of European Union-backed spending cuts that have sparked deadly protests by tens of thousands of opponents. The debate comes ahead of a vote later Thursday in which

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Glenn Turp from the Royal College of Nurses addresses the idea of public sector cuts ahead of the General Election. WITH all eyes on this Thursday?s General Election, one very popular myth that is currently doing the rounds is that public sector cuts

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to save the country from the economic collapse. As reported by the BBC, protesters are angered by spending cuts and tax rises planned in return for a 110 billion euro (95 billion) bail-out that the Greek Parliament is to vote on by the end of the first

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the upcoming political campaign, King County Councilmember Kathy Lambert says that if unions aren't willing to take pay or benefit cuts, she'll vote against County Executive Dow Constantine's proposal to put a .2 percent sales tax increase on the ballot

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public schools, voted to approve the districts budget Tuesday even though it will lead to teacher layoffs, program cuts and a $250 spike in his property taxes. The 'yes' vote was a no-brainer. Things could have been a lot worse if the $136.5 million

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our priority list, or to approve a temporary one-cent state sales tax increase that will prevent further massive cuts to our state?s education system. The one-cent sales tax will provide approximately $1 billion in revenue to fund education, public

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Facing a $1.6 million budget deficit, the Plum School District board has begun making cuts. Its first move came last week when it eliminated the public relations position held by Dawn Check over the last decade. Her salary was about $50,000. The vote

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