Sentences with phrase «labor advocates say»

Labor advocates say they want the state of Connecticut to tax companies that pay low wages to their employees, companies like big box retail stores and fast food chains.

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Tech companies say they need the visas to get scarce talent, while labor advocates contend that it allows companies to hire cheaper foreign workers instead of Americans.

Natural birth advocates say that a more non-medical focused labor, like a water birth experience, can reduce the difficulty of labor.

Wendy Kenin, a doula and educator in Berkeley, Calif. who knows Hollie, says, «Natural birth advocates are well aware that the childbirth protocols in hospitals are often not scientifically sound, but instead are based on trends to medically intervene in and disrupt the natural labor process.

LaBarbera and representatives of construction labor management funds, which advocate for companies that use organized labor and related unions, said it was clear the real estate lobbying group had more sway at City Hall than they did, given that they were not invited into the 421 - a discussions the administration and REBNY had engaged in.

«I don't think he offered a bigger vision... about where we're going,» said Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, who described the mayor's contentious tone toward labor unions and Albany as «classic Michael Bloomberg.»

Thompson said he had advocated McCain - Feingold to prevent, among other things, corporations and labor unions from «giving large sums of money to individual politicians.»

«HTC knows that Rebecca will be a fierce advocate for the many issues important to our members and for the entire labor movement — we are confident she will be a champion for working families,» a HTC spokesman said.

A senior member of the Obama administration met with labor leaders and advocates in Manhattan on Thursday morning to discuss efforts to bring paid family leave to New York, Donna Dolan, executive director of the New York State Paid Leave Coalition, said.

Alcantara, a labor organizer, has said she will «continue to be a fierce advocate for the progressive policies» she has always worked for even as member of the IDC.

FINANCIAL DISTRICT — Mayoral hopeful and Public Advocate Bill de Blasio said there is a model approach to the city's massive backlog of labor contracts in the work done by Governor Andrew Cuomo, while blasting what he called Mayor Bloomberg's hands - off approach to the issue.

The public advocate contrasted what he said was Cuomo's forceful yet clear approach to labor, exemplified by Medicaid redesign negotiations during the governor's first term.

Traveler advocates are angry but airlines say labor costs are up.

Amid many concerns about issues for rural and remote Australia, one advocate called on Labor to make sure all policies are «rural proofed», saying that there were often unintended consequences to good policies when they did not test for quality and equity in more remote communities.