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public employee

NOUN
civil servant
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She’ll likely make incremental changes to strengthen unions and expand public employee collective bargaining instead.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 5, 2026

Protester Mohammed Daher, a retired public employee, told AFP that he now receives only two hours of electricity a day in the Tadamon suburb of Damascus.

From Barron's Jan. 30, 2026

Former City Councilmember Bernard C. Parks, who ran the council’s budget committee for eight years, attributed much of the city’s financial woes to the high cost of its public employee salary agreements.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 20, 2025

She offered a litany of measures she signed as governor to lower taxes, boost voter identification requirements and overhaul public employee pensions, among other matters.

From Seattle Times Jan. 19, 2024

The public employee had the right of exchanging the money he received for wages, at par, into this scrip.

From Equality by Bellamy, Edward




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