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increases reduce employment, wages and benefits in the private sector. With non-governmental employees already drowning in job losses, wage cuts, benefit reductions and retirement account losses, it makes as much sense to raise state taxes during anVie...
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Africa) - The South African police had to intervene to disperse stadium agents who were protesting because of wage cuts after the match between Germany and Australia at Moses Mabhida Stadium on Sunday night in Durban. Some 400 stewards began to

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IN TERMS of major savings the amount of money town halls in the Valencia Region will shave off wage bills from June 16 is a drop in the ocean given the state of some of their finances. Nevertheless, the wage cut has come as a welcome relief for many

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workers and RWDSU Local 220 members have been on strike since May 23. Company executives are demanding painful wage cuts despite enjoying a record year of $555 million in profits. In Galveston, Texas, it was the start of the Motts Magical Taste Tour,

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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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for over a year now. While the Hamilton plant has been able to come to an agreement with wage cuts and replacement workers taking seniority, Lake Erie Harsco employees aren't buckling for the same short straw deal. The union will be holding a plant gate

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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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Ministry in central Madrid on Tuesday as they took part in a huge one-day strike to protest against wage cuts

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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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servants banged drums, blew horns and chanted anti-government slogans Tuesday as they staged a one-day strike to protest wage cuts aimed at trimming a huge deficit and calming fears Spain is headed for a Greek-style debt crisis. The stoppage was seen as

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servants banged drums, blew horns and chanted anti-government slogans Tuesday as they staged a one-day strike to protest wage cuts aimed at trimming a huge deficit and calming fears Spain is headed for a Greek-style debt crisis. The stoppage was seen as

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drive. Tens of thousands of Spanish public workers disrupted hospitals and emergency services to show their anger at wage cuts and other cost-cutting measures ordered by the socialist government. Leaders across Europe have warned there is no alternative

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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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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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of thousands of Romanian public workers are expected to go on strike on Monday to protest against sweeping wage cuts the government is making to reduce the budget deficit. Cartel Alfa union leader Bogdan Hossu says some 700,000 doctors, medical staff,

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Tens of thousands of Romanian public workers have gone on strike, protesting hefty wage cuts meant to reduce the country's budget deficit. The workers walked off the job Monday, the same day the ruling Democratic Liberal Party submitted a plan to slash

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The Spanish Inquisition used to burn Englishmen in Sevilla's Plaza de San Francisco when they had the chance. There must have been some nostalgia for this practice when the news hit that Fitch Ratings had stripped the country of its AAA status.

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austerity plan and 168 against, with 13 abstentions. Spain announced the austerity package earlier this month. It includes wage cuts of 5% or more for civil servants and slashes public investment plans. Spain hopes to rein in its deficit and ease fears

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the Socialist government?s austerity plan and 168 against. Spain announced the austerity package in mid-May which includes wage cuts of 5 percent or more for civil servants and sharp reductions in public investment plans

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measure of last resort. They said companies should consider alternatives such as a shorter working week, moratorium on wage increases and salary sacrifices or wage cuts before deciding to lay-off workers. The MLC is a joint project between South

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rally that led to rioting on May 5. Anger may have receded since the shock of big government wage cuts and tax hikes that came in an agreement with the EU and IMF immediately preceding the last big protest. Many Greeks also said they had been put off by

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(Adds threat of strike in sixth paragraph.) May 21 (Bloomberg) -- Spain approved the first public wage cuts since returning to democracy in 1978 and reduced its economic growth forecast for next year as the government tries to tame the euro regions

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it appropriate, in line with its program for deficit reduction." Zapatero's government announced the public sector wage cuts and other spending reductions last week under pressure from the European Union and jittery markets to get Spain's deficit down.

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BUCHAREST, Romania -- Tens of thousands of Romanians rallied in the capital Wednesday to protest planned wage cuts the government says are needed to shore up the ailing economy. The 40,000 or so protesters blew whistles and yelled 'Down with the Lying

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Spanish unions decided to delay a one-day public sector strike to protest wage cuts to June 8 as they wait for more details on the government's austerity measures aimed at reining in the budget deficit.Last week the government said it would

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Providence Councilman Nicholas J. Narducci Jr. and in the background is Councilman Miguel Luna. The union is protesting wage cuts and health-care premium increases for workers at the hotel. Cook gave the signatures to hotel management. The Providence

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SPAIN?S two biggest unions will stage a one-day public sector strike to protest against wage cuts aimed at bringing the budget deficit under control and preventing Spain following Greece?s path. The unions held almost three hours of talks with Prime

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Portugal ordered deep wage and spending cuts along with higher taxes to slash the public deficit by more than half, as Spanish unions called strikes against public sector wage cuts. As governments stepped up

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13 (Reuters) - Spain's two biggest unions will stage a one-day public sector strike to protest against wage cuts aimed at bringing the budget deficit under control and preventing Spain following Greece's path

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a group of about 150 protesters who rallied outside of parliament after lawmakers approved the package of deep wage cuts and tax increases. Witnesses reported seeing demonstrators throwing bottles and rocks at a police cordon. In New York, Wall Street

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shut down hospitals and schools and disrupt flights as protests escalate after ?30 billion ($43 billion) of additional wage cuts and tax increases were unveiled this week. ADEDY, which represents more than 500,000 public servants having their pensions

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as demonstrators occupied the Acropolis in an escalation of protests against 30 billion euros (US$40 billion) of additional wage cuts and tax increases unveiled this week. The ADEDY union federation, which represents more than 500,000 civil servants

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on growth in U.S. manufacturing and doubts about Greece's ability to honor a pledge for drastic wage cuts in return for an aid package. After rising in Asian trade, the euro shed 1 percent and fell beneath $1.32 as markets worried whether Greece could

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expected this weekend. Unions says they are still hopeful they can mobilise enough opposition to halt the planned wage cuts, tax hikes, and pension freezes. ?May day is a stepping stone towards more battles in the future because workers rights are in

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