Sentences with phrase «labor council endorsement»

[Editor's note: Late last night, a campaign spokesperson for Marsha Michael said his candidate received a candidate questionnaire last Friday but Ms. Michael already had a Central Labor Council endorsement scheduled for Thursday night.

Not exact matches

The New York Hotel & Motel Trades Council, which is firmly in the «progressive» camp of the state's many labor unions, has issued a trio of Assembly endorsements — including a first - time nod for Staten Island Republican Nicole Malliotakis.

Rep. Tammy Duckworth, D - Ill., on Monday received the endorsement of the SEIU Illinois State Council, a vote of confidence from labor leaders and a pool of manpower that should help her in the three - way Democratic primary for the Senate seat held by Republican Mark S. Kirk.

To date, Schneiderman has earned the endorsement of over 100 progressive leaders, prominent community activists, and labor unions including the Hotel Trades Council, UAW and the Uniformed Sanitationmen's Association.

Perkins has previously received the endorsement of a range of labor groups including 32BJ, RWDSU, CWA Local 1, UAW, Professional Staff Congress and the Doctors Council SEIU.

He has picked up a long list of labor endorsements, including the Communication Workers of America District 1, Council of School Supervisors and Administrators Local 1, 1199 / SEIU, United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1500, Teamsters Local 808, Uniformed Fire Officers Association, United Federation of Teachers, Working Families Party and 32BJ.

Menchaca is doing quite well in terms of institutional endorsements himself: he's been backed by many labor groups and elected officials, including the local union chapters for transportation, auto, and communications workers; SEIU 32BJ, RWDSU, the Teamsters Joint Council 16, the Hotel Trades Council, and others.

The endorsement will be a boost for De Blasio's campaign, which has been counting on his strong ties to labor to distinguish him from the other Democrats trailing Council Speaker Christine Quinn in the polls.

NEW YORK, N.Y. — A new generation of City Council leaders is gaining steam with organized labor as Diana Ayala and Carlina Rivera, staffers to influential women city legislators, both earn the endorsement this week of the influential union SEIU Local 32BJ.

Milwaukee Area Labor Council officials also announced the endorsements of the following candidates:

Schneiderman has so far won endorsements from labor unions 1199 / SEIU United Healthcare East and 32BJ, as well as elected officials including U.S. Reps. Jerry Nadler, Charles Rangel and Jose Serrano, NYC Public Advocate Bill de Blasio and City Council Speaker Christine Quinn.

But Sanders has monopolized labor endorsements in the race and enjoys the inertia of incumbency — plus the 15 years of name recognition he's built up in the area since he won his first election for the City Council in 2001.

It was carefully crafted image with broad implications: Andrew Cuomo, the Democrat who was re-elected with the endorsement of the state's Business Council, but not the AFL - CIO, as a friend of organized labor.

At a meeting Monday with a group of influential labor leaders representing some of the state's powerful unions, including 1199 SEIU, 32BJ, the Hotel Trades Council and the Communications Workers of America, Cuomo said he couldn't pass a budget with campaign finance reform because of Senate opposition, and pressed the leaders to rein in the restive members of the Working Families Party, who vote on the party's endorsement.

So far, Shafran has collected endorsements from several labor groups, including the Teamsters Joint Council 16 and UFCW Local 1500, one of the state's largest grocery workers union.

It's the latest in a series of union endorsements won by Mitchell, who also has the support of firefighters unions, Local 139 of the International Union of Operating Engineers, the Service Employees International Union Wisconsin State Council and other labor groups.

Democratic Senate candidate Marisol Alcantara on Thursday rolled out another series of labor endorsements, including the influential District Council 9.

Astorino recently picked up endorsements from 20 labor unions in the area, including the Building and Construction Trades Council.

LABOR LOGISTICS — DC37's legislative and political director Wanda Williams to Capital's Gloria Pazmino: «The lack of an official endorsement of incumbent City Council members Dan Garodnick, Mark Weprin, Brad Lander, Annabel Palma, and David Greenfield is a consquence of those members not applying to be part of our long established screening process.»

Mr. Espaillat, a Dominican - American, made a second try in 2014, drawing the endorsements of Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito, Comptroller Scott Stringer, the Bronx Democratic Party and a host of labor unions.

But the congressman — who is on the cusp of losing the endorsement of every influential labor union in the city, and was already denied the backing of major city pols like Comptroller Scott Stringer and Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito — has never been so endangered.

Ms. Lynch has the endorsements of the Working Families Party and larger labor unions, including 32BJ SEIU, the Building and Constructions Trade Council, and another Teamsters local, but Mr. Grodenchik is the Queens Democratic Party's candidate.

BY PAUL SCHINDLER City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, who has snagged the only few labor union endorsements made so far in this year's mayoral race, has also won the first congressional nod from the New York City delegation — that of East Side Representative Carolyn Maloney.

«The New York City labor movement proudly supports the State AFL - CIO's endorsement of Victor Pichardo to represent the Bronx's 86th Assembly District,» said Vincent Alvarez, President of the New York City Central Labor Council, AFL -labor movement proudly supports the State AFL - CIO's endorsement of Victor Pichardo to represent the Bronx's 86th Assembly District,» said Vincent Alvarez, President of the New York City Central Labor Council, AFL -Labor Council, AFL - CIO.

A former de Blasio administration staffer running for an open Queens City Council seat has won the first labor endorsement of the race.