How to Use public sector in a Sentence

public sector

noun
  • Some economists thought Hunt might boost public sector pay to put an end to rolling strikes.
    Hanna Ziady, CNN, 15 Mar. 2023
  • That would be almost enough to give the entire public sector a pay increase in line with inflation.
    WIRED, 23 June 2023
  • Want to work in paradise? Miami Beach and Key West offer public sector jobs.
    Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 8 July 2024
  • Wing started with the city on June 26 after serving in several public sector roles for the last 23 years in both Michigan and Illinois.
    Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2023
  • With jobs in Israel lost and public sector wages unpaid, the cumulative weight of the war is dragging down the economy, too.
    Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 May 2024
  • The huge public sector project is expected to remake the southwest corner of downtown and adjoining areas just to the south.
    Steve Brown, Dallas News, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Experts in automation and AI are expensive to hire and less likely to be wooed by public sector salaries.
    Morgan Meaker, WIRED, 7 Mar. 2023
  • However, the Trump administration filed a brief in support of plaintiffs in a 2018 Supreme Court case that struck a major blow to public sector unions.
    Max Zahn, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2024
  • But Democrats passed a state law that would also repeal right-to-work for public sector workers in the event the court reverses its earlier decision.
    Detroit Free Press, 13 Feb. 2024
  • For other public sector unions, what is emerging is an outright crisis.
    Daniel Rivero, Miami Herald, 21 Feb. 2024
  • And so for business leaders and for public sector leaders, needing to be prepared for this moment is very, very difficult.
    Alan Murray, Fortune, 18 Jan. 2024
  • One driver, as so often in Europe, is public sector funding.
    John Hopewell, Variety, 15 Feb. 2024
  • The council’s 450 employees carried out the biggest-ever public sector trial of a four-day workweek.
    Byryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 8 July 2024
  • Democrats warned that Project 2025, a wide-ranging policy plan from a conservative think-tank with ties to Trump, raised questions about the validity of public sector unions.
    Stephanie Murray, The Arizona Republic, 25 July 2024
  • The new members will bring experience in business, labor and public sector service to the transit system.
    Tonya Alanez, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Apr. 2023
  • The coalition also pledges to increase wages for public sector employees, establish a wealth tax and raise France's minimum wage.
    Andrea Vacchiano, Fox News, 8 July 2024
  • The fallout from China’s sinking birth rate is rippling from public sector concern into a private market headache.
    Prarthana Prakash, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2023
  • The future of public sector unions in these and other states depends entirely on whether union organizers can first co-opt the government itself.
    David R. Osborne, Hartford Courant, 15 Apr. 2024
  • These days, an important spot for collaboration at Goff is the kitchen, which offers a view of the Minnesota State Capitol, a key service area for private and public sector clients.
    Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 24 Jan. 2024
  • But there needs to be some infrastructure to support more commercial or public sector uses.
    IEEE Spectrum, 20 Nov. 2023
  • Turnout on Sunday is expected to be large given that, among other factors, public sector employees are required to vote.
    Genevieve Glatsky, New York Times, 3 Dec. 2023
  • The studious young aimed to be au courant—not to change reality or even understand it, but to win college debates and take competitive exams for public sector jobs.
    Anjum Hasan, The New York Review of Books, 28 Dec. 2023
  • The impact has been that real wages for public sector workers like teachers have significantly dropped.
    Daniel Rivero, Miami Herald, 21 Feb. 2024
  • The calls for more spending come at a time of rapid inflation and high demand for public sector wage increases as well the subsidies and investment needed to meet targets for addressing climate change.
    Marc Champion, Bloomberg.com, 2 June 2023
  • Details, as in so much regarding Brazilian public sector policies, will be clearer shortly.
    John Hopewell, Variety, 25 May 2023
  • Many public sector jobs pay less than their private sector counterparts, but come with decent pension programs or vacation days.
    Jennifer Hassan, Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2024
  • That policy left it with little in its coffers to pay bloated public sector salaries, despite generating immense wealth from its oil reserves.
    Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 16 Dec. 2023
  • Millions of public sector workers including teachers and doctors are set to receive above-inflation pay rises from the U.K.’s new Labour government.
    Jenni Reid, CNBC, 23 Sep. 2024
  • As a teacher, Engler is a public sector employee, which means his insurance would be subject to an Oregon law that mandates no-cost coverage for vasectomies.
    Kff Health News, The Mercury News, 17 July 2024
  • Customers now include a number of Fortune 500 companies, as well as public sector organisations such as Government agencies.
    David Prosser, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024

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