Sentences with phrase «labor last election»

After the summit, Public Health Association of Australia CEO Michael Moore told Croakey there's no point expecting immediate policy change, but he said consultations by King three years ago had led «probably the best we've seen on preventive health» from Labor last election.

Not exact matches

The Coalition said the former Labor government of establishing new protection zones in the Jervis Bay and Solitary Islands marine parks shortly before the last election to attract Greens preferences.

A state Board of Elections memorandum made public last week details allegations of a complex partnership between New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, a number of political consulting firms and labor unions and also county Democratic committees to influence contested state Senate races in 2014.

According to Sen. Diane Savino, a former labor leader who was monitoring the AFSCME election at the union's convention in Boston via BlackBerry while the Senate was in the final throes of its last day in Albany (for now, at least), Donohue received 648 votes to Lee Saunders» 652.

And as they prepare this Labor Day weekend to enter the last, frenzied stretch of the nation's premier political contest of 2013, both think that in this low - turnout election, the winner will be the candidate best able to motivate his base.

Yes, the party did get Andrew Cuomo to accept its line and moved up from Row E to Row D as a result of his performance in the 2010 election, but there were a lot of strings attached to that agreement — not the least of which was the labor - backed party's silence in the budget battle over the millionaire's tax last year, which is something the WFP would normally be all over.

NYSUT chose not to endorse the Governor during last year's election, though they didn't block the endorsement by the AFL - CIO, their umbrella labor group, which they likely could have.

None completely stopped contributing to them, but the redirection of money from organized labor in the last election cycle foreshadowed some of the top debates in this year's session.

Cuomo, too, has come under criticism from left - leaning organizations like the labor - aligned Working Families Party, though he campaigned for and contributed to Democrats in key Senate elections last year.

But the blow up this morning also re-opens some unhealed wounds from last year's elections, when Democrats and advocates in the labor community sought to reconcile the two conferences in the state Senate.

The line was formed last year as a way to promote women's issues in the statewide elections, but drew criticism from liberals that it was siphoning votes from the labor - backed Working Families Party.

While opposition forces, led by labor unions, have already begun to spend sizeable sums of money to encourage a «no» vote, it is unclear how rising populist sentiments indicated in last year's presidential election — especially through the campaigns of Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump — may factor in.

An election overseen by the National Labor Relations Board is scheduled on July 24 in the library's community room as a last step to establish a union.

In an effort to minimize a rebellion from organized labor and the left during the governor's election last year, Cuomo made promises to workers and their organizations that he would raise the minimum wage to $ 10 an hour for public employees.

While Crist would be a strong favorite in a general election, Rep. Kendrick Meek (D) has impressed as a candidate — consolidating organized labor behind him and showing very solid fundraising ($ 1.8 million on hand at the end of last month).

«I don't think anyone should take anything for granted in an election — but I don't think the mayor should be losing sleep about this election,» Cuomo told reporters at the city Labor Day parade when asked about the possibility of a last - minute endorsement.

The mayor labored feverishly behind - the - scenes last week to broker a deal between the Senate Democrats and the Independent Democratic Conference, a breakaway faction of Democrats, to govern the senate together after the fall elections.

A registered Democrat, Metzger was also endorsed by the Working Families Party in her last two elections, as well as by the Hudson Valley Area Labor Federation AFL - CIO.

Last cycle, party committees aired some five - figure and small six - figure buys during the August before the elections, but the serious seven - figure spending came after Labor Day.

Last week Labor leader Daniel Andrews announced the building of 11 new schools across Victoria, after earlier kicking off his election campaign by promising a $ 1.3 billion boost to Victoria's education sector.

Labor had to go through with it no matter how unpopular only because of the drubbing they received at the last election over their failure to follow through with their first plan they ballyhooed at the 2007 election that initially brought them in.

During the last federal election there was blitz throughout regional Australia from the Government claiming Labor's decision to ratify would see regional economies gutted.

So cynical in fact, that approval was given just a few days prior to transitioning into caretaker mode prior to last years state election, which the state Labor government rightfully believed they would lose.

Labor: Does not mention justice issues in its Indigenous health election statement but Opposition leader Bill Shorten pledged last November to set justice targets with a focus on community safety, preventing crime and reducing incarceration, and to support research into justice reinvestment.