[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"page:work\u002Fcollective-bargaining-agreement\u002Fupdates\u002Fcb-news-2009\u002Fpublic-sector-under-fire-in-2010-9-dec-2009":3},{"id":4,"slug":5,"title":6,"short_title":7,"intro_text":7,"meta_description":8,"seo_title":8,"path":9,"content_type":10,"locale":11,"go_live_at":7,"first_published_at":12,"page_created_at":13,"published_at":12,"edit_url":14,"breadcrumbs":15,"seo":29,"body_blocks":37,"call_to_action":43,"categories":50,"labels":51,"owner":7,"authors":52,"related_pages":53,"related_sites":54,"in_subsite":55,"contact_page_url":56,"banner_message":57},20512,"public-sector-under-fire-in-2010-9-dec-2009","Public sector under fire in 2010 - 9 Dec. 2009",null,"","\u002Fwork\u002Fcollective-bargaining-agreement\u002Fupdates\u002Fcb-news-2009\u002Fpublic-sector-under-fire-in-2010-9-dec-2009","pages.newspage","en","1969-12-30T23:00:00+00:00","2025-12-15T15:53:22.921463+00:00","\u002Fcms\u002Fpages\u002F20512\u002Fedit\u002F",[16,19,22,25,28],{"title":17,"slug":18},"World of Work","work",{"title":20,"slug":21},"Collective Bargaining Agreement","collective-bargaining-agreement",{"title":23,"slug":24},"Collective Bargaining Updates","updates",{"title":26,"slug":27},"2009","cb-news-2009",{"title":6,"slug":5},{"title":6,"description":8,"image":30,"canonical":31,"robots":32,"og_type":33,"twitter_card":34,"locale":11,"created_at":35,"last_modified_at":36},"https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fmedia\u002Fimages\u002FSocial_media_preview_image_-_2025.2e16d0ba.fill-1200x630.png","https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fwork\u002Fcollective-bargaining-agreement\u002Fupdates\u002Fcb-news-2009\u002Fpublic-sector-under-fire-in-2010-9-dec-2009\u002F","index, follow","website","summary_large_image","1969-12-31T00:00:00+01:00","2025-12-26T11:47:20.288470+01:00",[38],{"type":39,"data":40},"raw_html_block",{"content":41,"variant":42},"\u003Cdiv class=\"zemanta-img\">\u003Cbr\u002F>\u003Cbr\u002F>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.irishtimes.com\u002Fnewspaper\u002Fbreaking\u002F2009\u002F1209\u002Fbreaking4.htm\">I\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">reland announced on Wednesday\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\"> an exit of its stimulus strategy by presenting a budget that foresees € 4 billion of cost reductions. \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">Earlier this week the ILO warned against an early exit of stimulus measures\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">. The UN organization estimated that the crisis had already cost 20 million jobs, and figures that would increase to possibly 43 million, if governments would not invest more in saving jobs as economic recovery is considered too weak at this stage. \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">Especially the public sector is in danger, as governments face huge deficits. But the appeal by the ILO might have been in vain, not only in Ireland, but also in many US states and other localities, where governments have been forced to cut their staff or reduce salaries of their people. Budget cuts were \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">most severe in California with US$ 24 billion deficit,\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\"> but few states are not cutting their expenses for 2010. Similar measures are, \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.bbc.co.uk\u002Fblogs\u002Fthereporters\u002Fgavinhewitt\u002F2009\u002F12\u002Fireland_the_reckoning.html\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">according to the BBC,\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\"> also planned in Greece and Spain, and perhaps the UK might follow too. \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">On a federal level the US are continuing their stimulus packages till Fall 2010, Secretary Tim Geitner announced on Wednesday.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">Not everywhere, cuts in the public sector are on the agenda already\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">. Japan is the only straight forward\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.bloomberg.com\u002Fapps\u002Fnews?pid=20601080&sid=aih9bIsTqSIk\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\"> exception with a stimulus plan of U\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">S$ 81 billion, and China is still sticking to its financial stimulus (total package US\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">$586 billion)\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">, but otherwise governments are planning to adjust their financial future to match the growing budget deficits. \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">The situation in Ireland was problematic enough, so tough that even the Irish trade unions came with their own budget reduction plans. But the Irish government thought those proposals were too little and not effective to match its debts, that amounts to 800 percent of its GDP. Ireland is heading for a 2010 of discontent, and in other countries citizens might not quietly agree with slashing the public sector. \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.independent.ie\u002Fnational-news\u002Fstrike-will-damage-forces-moral-authority-says-chief-1968099.html\">In Ireland, even the police is up for strike, a move that has shocked many.\u003C\u002Fa> \u003Ca class=\"external-link\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.ceskenoviny.cz\u002Fnews\u002Fzpravy\u002Fhundreds-of-czech-police-firemen-protest-against-sinking-wages\u002F411267\">Also in the Czech Republic police and firemen were protesting a four percent wage cut. \u003C\u002Fa>They might be getting company.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp> \u003C\u002Fp>","light",{"text":44,"link":45},"Contact us",{"title":44,"url":46,"description":44,"rel":47,"type":48,"id":49},"\u002Fabout\u002Fcontact","follow","internal",24590,[],[],[],[],[],false,"\u002Fwork\u002Fliving-wages\u002Fcontact-us","\u003Cp>Welcome to WageIndicator. 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