Sentences with phrase «federation president»

There's no doubt in the mind of American Beekeeping Federation President Tim Tucker that the backyard beehive trend is going mainstream.

Civic Federation President Laurence Msall said the state's credit rating has become «a national embarrassment» as a result, plunging to nearly junk status over the last several years.

The wildlife federation award was given to Leonard for a variety of climate - change projects, including being the first electric power company in the nation to establish and meet a voluntary target reduction for carbon pollution and establishing a $ 30 million fund to pay for carbon reduction projects, said Larry Schweiger, federation president and chief executive officer.

Angry citizens kept the phones ringing Thursday at the Leesburg Police Department in protest of Chief Jim Brown's decision not to fire a part - time animal control officer who shot an unleashed poodle.Brown suspended Doug Berwick, 33, for five days without pay after Nancy Vickery complained that Berwick shot the pet of her 11 - year - old disabled son last month.All of Thursday's calls echoed the sentiments of Florida Humane Federation president Jack Conlon, who said Berwick should have been fired for the «unconscionable» shooting.

Oklahoma Humane Federation President Anita Stepp said, «Oklahoma Humane Federation is very pleased the bill passed.»

National Credit Federation President Dave Fulk offers 10 actionable, financially sound new year's resolutions to get your finances into shape for 2015.

Albuquerque Teachers Federation President Ellen Bernstein told the Journal that the poll «indicates that voters are starting to understand the issues with these high - stakes teacher evaluations and how this skews what happens in the classroom to focus narrowly on a single test, rather than on the deep, well - rounded education that students deserve.»

A lawyer by training, she became legal counsel to then United Federation president Sandra Feldman in 1986, was elected assistant secretary to the local union in 1995, treasurer two years later, and president in 1998 when Feldman moved on to the national presidency.

«Only now are we finally reaching the full operational level for which ISS had been designed,» Commercial Spaceflight Federation president Eric Stallmer said in a statement.

«Teachers across the city feel that no one is paying attention to what they really need for our kids,» said Buffalo Teachers Federation President Philip Rumore.

Although Paladino's latest statements in Artvoice largely focus on Buffalo Teachers Federation President Philip Rumore, they also provide Paladino's perspective on some of the behind - the - scenes politics of the Buffalo Public Schools — particularly the recently completed teacher contract negotiations.

Philip Rumore, Buffalo Teachers Federation president, notes that teachers are often exposed to germs when students come to school sick.

«There are a lot of people who really just want out right now because of the stress and everything that's going on in the profession,» said Buffalo Teachers Federation President Philip Rumore.

Buffalo Teachers Federation President Phil Rumore said part of the Annual Professional Performance Review process uses a tiered system.

Phil Rumore, the Buffalo Teachers Federation President, provided his support to the group but said the substitute teachers are a separate union from the Buffalo Teacher's Federation and were not included in part of the teacher's contract negotiation last year.

Witnesses danced around the topic of whether Buffalo Teachers Federation President Philip Rumore had ever threatened that teachers would go on strike, differing on whether Cash «panicked» and sought greater compensation for teachers to avoid one.

Many teachers say they do not expect to get as much of a pay hike as Buffalo Teachers Federation President Philip Rumore is seeking, but they also say they don't want to come up worse than they are now.

asked Buffalo Teachers Federation President Philip Rumore.

Several education leaders, including Cash and Buffalo Teachers Federation President Philip Rumore, used a news event last month to promote community schools as a platform to call on the mayor to help pay for the programs.

Criticized Buffalo Teachers Federation President Philip Rumore, calling him a «schemer» and saying he has no respect for his integrity.

Both sides said Friday it is their intention to finalize a deal when they resume talks at 4 p.m. Sunday, and Buffalo Teachers Federation President Philip Rumore reiterated that they are close to a deal.

Negotiations over a new Buffalo teachers contract are at a tipping point, and October looks like it may be the month when it all topples, with significant political and economic effects for the school district.In the course of the last week, Buffalo Teachers Federation President Philip Rumore walked away from the bargaining table and then mobilized a crowd of hundreds of t...

Ranking toward the bottom of the survey — Buffalo developer Carl Paladino, deputy mayor Steve Casey and last — Buffalo Teacher Federation President Phil Rumore.

Then on Friday, his attorneys continued that tack, examining the influence Buffalo Teachers Federation President Philip Rumore has over the school system and pressing one board member on how much union support she received during the last election.

Buffalo Teachers Federation President Philip Rumore testified, and Paladino's attorneys pressed him on his role in the May 2016 school board races and whether...

With a teacher contract that expired 12 years ago, and the latest unraveling of negotiations, Buffalo School Superintendent Kriner Cash is not ruling out the possibility of a strike.Cash said he would not assume that Buffalo Teachers Federation President Philip Rumore will lead a strike, but when pressed, the superintendent said the district would be ready if a strike occu...

Both sides said Friday it is their intention to finalize a deal when they resume talks at 4 p.m. Sunday, and Buffalo Teachers Federation President Philip Rumore reiterated that they are close...

Buffalo Teachers Federation President Philip Rumore is testifying during today's continuation of the hearing to remove Carl P. Paladino from his elected position on the Buffalo School Board.

However, Buffalo Teachers Federation President Phil Rumore tells WBFO News there wasn't a lot of teacher protection within the Common Core learning standards to begin with.

Western New York Area Labor Federation President Richard Lipsitz, Jr. said, «Western New York Area Labor Federation President Richard Lipsitz, Jr. said, «The Labor community looks forward to the opportunity to match our workforce with the jobs in demand.

ALBANY, NY (01/31/2014)(readMedia)-- Statement by American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten and New York State Public Employees Federation President Susan M. Kent on «poor word choices» by some at PEF's Jan. 29 rally in Albany:

Western New York Area Labor Federation President Richard Lipsitz was unanimously elected as Vice Chair.

He couldn't recall specifics of his communications with Phil Rumore,» Vacco said, referring to the Buffalo Teachers Federation president who negotiated the new contract with Cash.

Western New York Labor Federation President Richard Lipsitz says economic and political justice on the job is a key goal of the labor movement.

Among those in Albany with Brown include Buffalo Teachers Federation President Phil Rumore, District Parent Coordinating Council President Sam Radford and School Board Members Larry Quinn and Barbara Seals Nevregold.

Buffalo Teachers Federation President Phil Rumore said never in his 30 years in the union post has he seen a school board expect the superintendent to jump when told to jump or be fired.

Buffalo Teachers Federation President Phil Rumore says he knows of 63 contract and probationary teachers who have received layoff notices.

Buffalo Teachers Federation President Phil Rumore (center) rallies teachers for new contract on steps of City Hall.

Led by Buffalo Teachers Federation President Phil Rumore, there were teacher pickets in front of the South Buffalo home of School Board member Carl Paladino on Tuesday.

«CUNY is the best vehicle working families in our city have to achieve social mobility,» said Hispanic Federation President José Calderón.

Ultimately we'll be forced to go into court and get a temporary restraining order against the district for doing this,» said Philip Rumore, Buffalo Teachers Federation president.

Buffalo Teachers Federation President Phil Rumore said he believes Paladino is wasting time with an appeal, but Patty Pierce and Larry Quinn, board members who often sided with Paladino, said they'd gladly welcome him back.

We already have an appeals process if the evaluation doesn't make any sense, we can appeal it to an arbitrator,» said Buffalo Teachers Federation President Phil Rumore.

While the incentives — a combination of sales, mortgage recording and property tax breaks — were approved by the vast majority of the ECIDA directors, one, Richard Lipsitz Jr. - the board's vice chairman and Western New York Area Labor Federation president, argued against the package.

Former NYC Mayor Ed Koch, whose NY Uprising PAC dubbed lawmakers «enemies» of reform if they declined to sign his redistricting, budget and ethics reform pledges last year; former AG Bob Abrams, Dr. Calvin O. Butts, pastor of the Abyssinian Baptist Church and president of SUNY Old Westbury, The Daily Beast and CNN contributor John Avlon (who also heads up the nonpartisan group «No Labels» with which Mayor Bloomberg is affiliated), Asian - American advocate Grace Lyu - Volckhausen, and Hispanic Federation President Lillian Rodríguez López.

While addressing the assembled delegates, Western New York Area Labor Federation President Angelo Vellake stated, «A huge turnout like we have here today shows labor's commitment to winning in November.

«He should be a man of his word and honor his commitments to sign the bill,» said Phil Rumore, Buffalo Teachers Federation president and another active member in the W.F.P.

The meeting included speeches from human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell, NSS President Terry Sanderson, European Humanist Federation President and British Humanist Association Trustee David Pollock and NSS Executive Director Keith Porteous Wood.

Public Employees Federation President Ken Brynien responded to the agreement between Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Council 82 by noting the concessions were very similar to what the state offered his group.

They listened to the presentations run by Buffalo Teachers Federation President Phil Rumore and roared their approval of indicting the governor.