Sentences with phrase «group supports measure»

Teachers United Endorses Initiative 1240, the Washington Public Charter Schools Initiative Teachers Group Supports Measure as Effective Approach to Helping Struggling Students

State officials, environmentalists and fishing groups all support the measure.

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Reps are held responsible for the outcomes of their customer group, measured by metrics such as how frequently customers defect to another carrier or how often they call support, and reps and their managers are empowered to hand out service credits or alter bills.

The big spenders were nonetheless defeated by a citizens» group that spent only $ 15,000 to support the bond measure, which passed with 57 % of the vote on Nov. 7, approving up to $ 150 million in financing for a city - run broadband utility.

At Zillow Group we have worked hard toward a more equitable workplace for all, which is why I am extremely proud to say that we have been selected to the inaugural 2018 Bloomberg Gender - Equality Index (GEI), an index that measures gender equality across internal company statistics, employee policies, and external community support and engagement, among -LSB-...]

Support for these potential budget measures cross all regions of the country, age groups, and partisan supporters.

A better measure of the strength of a congregation as a vehicle for maturing would be the number and proportion of the adult membership that meet in groups — disciple schooling, soma, and mission - support — outside the sanctuary at other times of the week.

Under Church of England rules, for a measure like the one proposed by Williams and Sentamu to pass, it needed majority support from three different groups: bishops, priests and lay leaders.

If we measure left and right by support for or opposition to abortion and Bill Clinton, which is a reasonable measure in this case, twelve of the groups represented are very far left indeed — including Catholics for a Free Choice, Human Rights Campaign (a leading gay rights organization), People for the American Way, AIDS National Interfaith Network, and Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice.

Supported by industry leaders and prominent environmental conservation groups such as The Nature Conservancy and World Wildlife Fund (WWF), the AWS Standard is the first comprehensive global standard for measuring responsible water stewardship, not just in terms of environmental criteria, but also social and economic dimensions.

It is vitally important that parents remain aware of the risks as well as their personal state and take measures to manage stress in ways that work for them, whether this means a weekly date night, regular time with friends or a parental support group, or simply finding a regular exercise routine that can be worked into a busy schedule.

Labor Plus Package 4 In - Home Prenatal Sessions including: - Prenatal Coaching / Education - Planning for Birth, Written Wishes, etc. - Assist in «Greening» Home for Baby - Prenatal Support by Email & Phone - Access to Free Lending Library Childbirth Class Series including: - 4 weeks of group, interactive learning Labor Support including: - On - Call 2 Weeks Pre / Post Due Date - Continuous Physical Support in Labor - Non-Medical Pain / Comfort Measures - Informational & Emotional Advocacy - In - Hospital Breastfeeding Support - In - Home Breastfeeding Support 2 In - Home Postnatal Sessions: - 5 hours of Postpartum Care - 1 Overnight Postpartum Shift - Postpartum Birth Experience Counseling - Resourcing and Referrals

Labor Support Package 3 In - Home Prenatal Sessions: - Prenatal Coaching / Education - Discount on Group Childbirth Classes - Planning for Birth, Written Wishes, etc. - Assist in «Greening» Home for Baby - Prenatal Support by Email & Phone - Access to Free Lending Library Labor Support Including: - On - Call 2 Weeks Pre / Post Due Date - Continuous Physical Support in Labor - Non-Medical Pain / Comfort Measures - Informational & Emotional Advocacy 1 In - Home Postnatal Session: - Postpartum Birth Experience Counseling - Resourcing and Referrals

The measures encourage breast - feeding on demand and foster the establishment of breast - feeding support groups that mothers can join after they are discharged from hospital.

(1) to protect and promote breastfeeding, as an essential component of their overall food and nutrition policies and programmes on behalf of women and children, so as to enable all infants to be exclusively breastfed during the first four to six months of life; (2) to promote breastfeeding, with due attention to the nutritional and emotional needs of mothers; (3) to continue monitoring breastfeeding patterns, including traditional attitudes and practices in this regard; (4) to enforce existing, or adopt new, maternity protection legislation or other suitable measures that will promote and facilitate breastfeeding among working women; (5) to draw the attention of all who are concerned with planning and providing maternity services to the universal principles affirmed in the joint WHO / UNICEF statement (note 2) on breastfeeding and maternity services that was issued in 1989; (6) to ensure that the principles and aim of the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes and the recommendations contained in resolution WHA39.28 are given full expression in national health and nutritional policy and action, in cooperation with professional associations, womens organizations, consumer and other nongovermental groups, and the food industry; (7) to ensure that families make the most appropriate choice with regard to infant feeding, and that the health system provides the necessary support;

The lawmakers point to support from good - government groups like NYPIRG and Common Cause that back the measure.

Twenty state and national groups supporting a bill that would strengthen the state's Freedom of Information Law are urging Gov. Andrew Cuomo to sign the measure into law as soon as he receives it from the state Legislature.

The current bill — one of 11 opioid - related measures that Cuomo is reportedly supporting this year — would expand the ban on prior authorization for certain medication - assisted treatment drugs to a portion of New York's commercial health plans, primarily those sold to individuals and small groups.

The measure is intended to reduce the flow of anonymous contributions, or «dark money,» flowing from donors through 501c (4) charitable groups in support of political campaigns.

According to Compassion and Choices, a majority of voters support aid - in - dying measures, and the group believes this is the year the law will pass.

Washington (CNN)-- The group formed by former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is trying to pressure political candidates to come out publicly in support of some gun control measures.

It's a measure that has been opposed by doctors» groups, but comes after Cuomo publicly pledged to support a host of more high - profile measures including a minimum wage hike to $ 10.10 and allowing local governments to raise the wage on their own through a state - based formula.

«The governor clearly supports it but has been less than visible in promoting its passage,» said Dick Dadey, executive director of Citizens Union, a good - government group that's supporting the measure.

«If you're getting paid to influence public policy, you should have to report,» said Blair Horner of the New York Public Interest Research Group, in supporting JCOPE's new measure.

The measure has universal support across the Adirondack Park, including environmental advocacy organizations, state and local officials and business groups — all of whom helped forge the agreement over years of painstaking negotiations.

These polls obviously add another chapter to the litany of bad news stories for the Labour Party, with this analysis suggesting that the party would struggle to retain Dail representation after the next general election should support levels at that contest exactly match the party / grouping support levels measured by this poll.

Josh Kross, one of the parent leaders behind the anti-nursing home group Protect P.S. 163, encouraged ralliers to call councilmembers to get them to pledge support for the measure.

But support from the labor movement comes a coalition of groups backing the bill make a major end of session push for the measure, which is sponsored by Minority Leader John Sampson, D - Brooklyn, in the Senate.

In addition to the overwhelming popularity of the common sense proposal, the measure continues to be broadly supported by New Yorkers from every part of the state and every ideological group.

Drucker held a news conference last April that included health experts and a representative from a convenience store group who supported the measure.

The group is upset that the Senate never voted on the Long Island Water Quality Control Act, which passed the Assembly in a vote of 112 - 24, and said it had warned Martins that he would not even be eligible for its support if he did not vote in favor of this measure.

Polling touted by the Empire State Pride Agenda, the LGBT community's Albany lobby group, showed 78 percent of respondents support the measure, the -LSB-...]

Polling touted by the Empire State Pride Agenda, the LGBT community's Albany lobby group, showed 78 percent of respondents support the measure, the Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act, or GENDA, which has repeatedly won Assembly passage but never gotten a Senate vote.

Blair Horner, with the New York Public Interest Research Group, which supports many of the measures opposed by Senate Republicans, said there are other reforms that can be achieved with a GOP Senate, and he said a corruption scandal involving Republicans in the state Senate stronghold of Long Island could spur them to action in the new session.

Community organizations and agencies gathered in Utica today to call on Washington to repeal sequestration and support measures that will help close the federal deficit without hurting vulnerable groups.

The Fawcett Society, a women's rights group which actively supports the new measures, released a poll today conducted by Ipsos Mori on which showed high levels of public support for the plans.

In March, the group American Disabled for Attendant Programs Today occupied the Nurses Association headquarters in suburban Latham to call for overhauling the Nurse's Practice Act and pressure the group to support the measure.

Roskoff and Johnson were particularly angered by the fact that Kruger voted «yes» on the Sexual Orientation Non-Discrimination Act in 2002 (a measure Gentile voted against, sparking the wrath of gay groups that supported him), but refused to support marriage.

Blair Horner, with the New York Public Interest Research Group, which supports many of the measures opposed by Senate Republicans, says there are other reforms that can be achieved with a GOP Senate, and he says a corruption scandal involving Republicans in the State Senate stronghold of Long Island could spur them to action in the new session.

A group pushing to expand the statute of limitations for child abuse victims to file criminal and civil complaints against their abuses have begun robocalls trying to persuade Buffalo Sen. Chris Jacobs to embrace a measure it supports.

Earlier Friday, the Democrat - led Assembly passed amendments protecting religious groups that oppose gay marriage from discrimination lawsuits, measures that Saland worked hard to insert in the bill and that helped win his support.

The measure has been opposed by the state chapter of the National Organization for Women as well as conservative religious organizations, but was supported by other women's groups and the state Women's Bar Association.

Businesses, interest groups and individuals have spent about $ 40 million dollars so far this year to support or oppose the measures on the November ballots, according to a Washington Post analysis of campaign finance records from the five states and Ballotpedia.

Ajemian denies allegations by Cahill that the AG has supported legislation requiring law enforcement to shoot to wound, not kill, a measure most police groups oppose.

Pennsylvania defines any group that spends money or receives contributions in support of or opposition to a ballot measure as a political committee.

Twenty state and national groups supporting a bill that would strengthen the state's Freedom of Information Law are urging New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to sign the measure into law as soon as he receives it from the state legislature.

Jasmine Gripper of the Alliance for Quality Education, a union - supported group with close ties to the mayor, said that test scores shouldn't be used as a measuring stick on de Blasio's success with mayoral control.

But Bloomberg announced his support for the measure along with a host of city - based legislators and groups.

The measure is supported by groups as varied as the American Civil Liberties Union on the left and the Virginia Tea Party Patriots Federation on the right.

Conservation groups are expected to support the measure.