Sentence examples for pensions cuts from inspiring English sources

Amid growing anger over wage and pensions cuts and a rise in consumer taxes, civil servants extended a one-day strike by 24 hours and staged impromptu protests.

Fresh austerity measures, on top of wage and pensions cuts, tax increases, benefit and job losses will also have to be inflicted on a society that has become increasingly outraged by the belt-tightening.

The owner of Scotland's largest oil refinery has warned he is not bluffing about threats to close the site permanently this week if 1,300 staff do not agree to pensions cuts.

It combined a series of spending cuts that both Republicans and Democrats had identified in a range of federal agencies and programs, with some new revenue generated through options such as requiring federal employees to contribute more to their pensions, cuts in agriculture subsidies and the sale of federal assets.

Greece's creditors were still waiting for Tsipras and his Syriza party to formally submit revised fiscal targets, pensions cuts and tax increases in an attempt to secure the six-month lifeline, concessions that the country's leader has resisted since he came to power five months ago.

All of that provides context for government concerns that pensions cuts would have a disproportionate impact on living standards.

Pensioners will have their pensions cut, they will have to work for longer, we will see a drastic reduction in public-sector jobs and public services.

Some retired folk there saw their pensions cut from $27,000 a year to $12,000.

In addition, many retirees in Greece have already seen their pensions cut.

However, the Department for Work and Pensions cut these payments from £165m to £125m in April.

Those retiring early have their pensions cut by 3.6% for each year, except those forced into early retirement, whose pensions can by cut by a maximum of 10.8%.