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salaried workers from its two Las Vegas hotel-casinos, CEO Steve Wynn said. Wynn told The Associated Press the cuts were made after some workers expressed support for layoffs instead of wage and hour reductions. The company cut wages and hours 18 months

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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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2.6% by 2014. The least competitive member of the European Union, Greece also has the most generous wage and retirement systems. Wages and social benefits account for 75% of government spending and have been growing faster than productivity, according to

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President Bob King is expected to be elected, although he is facing a challenge from workers angry about wage concessions made while Gettelfinger was UAW chief. Under Gettelfinger, GM, Chrysler and Ford workers agreed to cut wages in half to $14 an hour

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the deficit and avoid Europe's debt crisis. According to an announcement late Thursday (June 10th), Gruevski's salary and the wages of ministers and deputy ministers will be reduced by 10% this year or next. Furthermore, plans to build 100 sports venues

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Longshoremen at Virginia-owned marine terminals in Newport News and Portsmouth have rejected proposed wage and benefit cuts. Members of the International Longshoremen's Association voted Thursday to reject two proposals that would have cut wages and

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lower wages for container shuttle, breakbulk International Longshoremen?s Association members in Hampton Roads refused to accept lower pay for handling uncontainerized cargo and for handling containers that move on a barge shuttle between the port and

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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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? At least one Bay City employee group is moving forward with plans for 10.8 percent in cuts ? without directly cutting base wages. BCT: As the budget deadline of July 1 nears, this is the line that city workers will not cross ? cuts to their rate

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s largest union said on Thursday that it has filed an appeal against the government's public sector wage cuts with the country's Supreme Court. The Comisiones Obreras (CCOO) union said the measure, which cuts wages by 5 percent in 2010 and freezes them

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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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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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Staff salary savings of 500,000 will be a major area of cuts for Corby Council following a decision by councillors. About 300 staff out of a 450 workforce have been involved

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will decide on the calendar of the government's steps to implement the austerity measures. The measures include cuts in public wages by 25 percent and public pensions by 15 percent as well as reductions in unemployment benefits. Romanian Prime Minister

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THE new Business Secretary Vince Cable has attacked huge pay awards made to university vice-chancellors, including that of the boss of Teesside University which soared by about 17% last year. Mr Cable said he had been ?taken aback? to discover

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will save the county more than $9 million, the Deputy Sheriffs' Association (DSA) membership agreed to take serious cuts ? including a three percent reduction in wages over the next three years ? in attempt to save membership jobs. The agreement with

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Public sector wages there are to be cut by 7%. Ministers are taking a 15% pay cut. Pensions will be frozen, with cost...
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A GRIM warning about future spending cuts in local authorities has been delivered by Middlesbrough mayor Ray Mallon. And he says that cuts in allowances paid to him and councillors and the wages of higher paid council

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  It?s a daunting figure, and one that administrators say the district is unlikely to overcome without cuts to wages and benefits, which together make up 80 percent of the district?s $32 million budget. ?There is not another pocket big

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, or sign in using your AIM or Google Cuts to the Hopewell Valley Regional School District's budget should include savings born of a yearlong freeze on teachers' wages, three elected officials are arguing. Governing bodies from Hopewell Borough

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* Portugal to boost income tax, taxes on large companies * VAT hike, salary cuts for public managers, politicians * Main opposition party vows support for measures (Adds opposition party's support, union statement) LISBON, May 13 (Reuters) - Portugal

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so now that the economy is beginning to recover,' Zapatero told parliament on Wednesday as he detailed the cuts totaling 15 billion euros ($19.05 billion) in 2010 and 2011. Civil service salaries will be cut by 5 percent in 2010 and frozen in 2011, and

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old age pensions and health services are sacred cows. The best that can be hoped for is once-off wage cuts of up to 10% (wages are around a third of government spending),moderate staff cuts as people retire,cuts in capital spending and very modest

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Andrew Andronikou slapped a £10,000-a-week ceiling on players' pay for next season and warned: Like it or lump it, reports The News . The administrator has vowed to get tough on the spiralling wage bill which has crippled Pompey

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Andrew Andronikou slapped a 10,000-a-week ceiling on players' pay for next season and warned: Like it or lump it, reports _The News_. The administrator has vowed to get tough on the spiralling wage bill which has crippled Pompey.His

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President Traian Basescu said on Thursday that pensions would fall by 15%, public sector wages by 25%, minimum wage included, with subsidies to be "drastically cut", and the money allocated specifically to "those in need of financial aid". X1 ImgSrc Ad

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WAVERLY ? With all the cuts School District 145 has made for the 2010/2011 school year, it made another one Monday. At the board of education?s meeting Monday, the board voted to freeze administrators? wages

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work for low wages face impossible choices -- buy clothing or heat the house, feed the children or pay the rent. The result can be spiralling debt, constant anxiety and long-term health problems. In many cases it means working long hours, often at two or

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backlash. The measures agreed this past weekend with the EU and IMF include more tax hikes and steeper cuts in wages and bonuses, in return for a record 110 billion euro ($146.5 billion (U.S.) bailout. According to the aid plan, Greece will have to save

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Association of Ireland?s analysis, which TASC say has sought a reduction in the Joint Labour Committee (JLC) pay scale. TASC believes that reducing restaurant wages would fail to address the real cost issues such as the high cost of food and commercial

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social backlash. The measures agreed this weekend with the EU and IMF include more tax hikes and steeper cuts in wages and bonuses, in return for a record 110 billion euro (97 billion pound) bailout. According to the aid plan, Greece will have to save an

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social backlash. The measures agreed this weekend with the EU and IMF include more tax hikes and steeper cuts in wages and bonuses, in return for a record 110 billion euro ($146.5 billion) bailout. According to the aid plan, Greece will

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The Great Recession didn't mean the boss took a pay cut. While wages for the average worker in Erie County were virtually stagnant over the last year, the top executives at the publicly traded companies in the Buffalo Niagara region

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MANILA: Philippines - Workers nationwide will get a much-awaited increase in their daily take-home pay after the May elections as a belated Labor Day gift, the National Wages and Productivity Commission (NWPC) said yesterday. There was no announcement of

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administrators have been saving for a rainy day. But that doesn't mean they're not still making cuts. Mike Winner, director of public works, announced in March that he would be taking a wage freeze until Jan. 1, 2012, saving his department nearly $3,000.

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and the IMF has agreed to freeze wages for three years and eliminate two of the fourteen annual salary payment and in all cut 24 billion euros or $32 billion in spending. Service workers union ADEDY is resisting cuts and asking its members to protest

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agreed the draft outline of a 24 billion (21 billion) rescue package, which is expected to include savage cuts in civil service wages and state benefits along with hefty tax increases to cut its budget deficit. Final details of the measures were still

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SOME top hospital consultants got pay rises in the past three years while the lowest-paid in the health service suffered wage cuts. Several consultants who hold academic posts in university medical schools had their salaries increased

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a.m. Wednesday deadline, calls for a four-year contract with a nearly 10% increase in wages and no cuts in benefits for workers. "We feel it's a very fair agreement. It's good for the industry, good for the workers," said Mike Fishman, president of

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Middle East - Employees who are stranded overseas due to the volcanic ash cloud over Europe currently could have their wages docked if they don't return to work in the Emirates on time.

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