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The measure would require state employees to abandon collective bargaining, pay more toward health insurance premiums, and switch to a so-called "merit-based" pay system.
Democracy Now!: Popular Uprisings, From the Middle East to the Midwest : Democracy Now! Reports Feb. 22 Democracy Now! 2011
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President Obama, Secretary Duncan, Chancellor Rhee, Amanda Ripley and a gazillion others are putting all their money on merit-based pay for teachers as the next panacea.
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Mitt continues, "Save America from those who would replace our merit-based society with an entitlement society."
Bob Burnett: A Christmas Carol for 2011 Bob Burnett 2011
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Mitt continues, "Save America from those who would replace our merit-based society with an entitlement society."
Bob Burnett: A Christmas Carol for 2011 Bob Burnett 2011
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The Group of 20 leading economies has agreed in recent years that the leadership of international financial institutions will be chosen in an "open, transparent, and merit-based selection process."
IMF Board Member to Propose Formal Voting for New Chief Sudeep Reddy 2011
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Richard Trumka and Tom Donohue, the presidents of the AFL-CIO and US Chamber, respectively, have joined together to promote the business-friendly bipartisan American Infrastructure Financing Authority introduced by US Senators Kerry, Hutchison, Graham and Warner to move private capital into merit-based projects.
Michael Likosky: Labor Day Stories: Unions and Businesses Forging Public-Private-Partnerships Michael Likosky 2011
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There are many good approaches, but I like that one because it feels more merit-based, and it appeals to the student in me, learning new issues.
Matthew Yglesias » Tom Perrelli and Intellectual Property 2009
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The leaders of the Group of 20 nations, which includes European nations and the U.S., have pledged that the selection process should be merit-based, and not dependent on nationality.
IMF Selection Process Not So Simple Bob Davis 2011
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During a congressional hearing just days after Obama signed the memo, Colleen M. Kelley told a House panel that the rule of three "provides a merit-based, objective and transparent selection process."
Obama's federal hiring reform efforts 'moving in right direction, OPM director says Joe Davidson 2010
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The leaders of the Group of 20 industrial and developing nations have committed to "support new open, transparent and merit-based selection processes," but haven't detailed how that would be handled.
Strauss-Kahn Resigns, Spurring Search for IMF Leader Bob Davis 2011
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