This law is the direct result of strong lobbying efforts by our union and others and it will beneficially impact all Hotel Trades Council members employed in New York State. (hotelworkers.org)
As the member states are effectively in control of the European Union budget, there would seem to be little prospect of that happening.Even Charlie McCreevy, Internal Market Commissioner, has spoken of «regulatory capture» of the institutions by the selling side of the financial services industry, while a directive on software patents in 2005 was voted down primarily as a reaction to what was perceived to be oppressively strong lobbying on the issue. (totalpolitics.com)
Most recently, Susan worked with KSI on a handout on heat acclimatization, and reported that, despite strong lobbying efforts by KSI, only a handful of states had thus far acted to pass heat acclimatization laws. (MomsTeam.com)