Sentences with phrase «labor party after»

Earlier this year, in Australia, a Chinese billionaire reportedly threatened to withdraw an AUD$ 400,000 donation to the opposition Labor party after an Australian official took a hard line against the Chinese military's activities in the South China Sea.

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The «Tupperware party» was a way for women to earn an income after much of the labor market closed to them as soldiers came back from war.

South Australian Liberal leader Steven Marshall has promised a «new dawn» for South Australia after his party won the state election and ended 16 years of Labor Government.

And although I never made soup dumplings again after that party (they were a real... labor of love) and have definitely lost at least six soup spoons, the bamboo steamer has since become one of my most - used kitchen tools.

Both parks are open through Labor Day, host private parties, and offer special group rates and discounts after 5 p.m.

Birthday parties can be scheduled on the weekends after Labor Day through mid-June, but not during the summer.

Last year during the party I went into preterm labor and my baby passed away after only 10 minutes.

«Whether it's inviting a labor party to the hospital, or laboring in water or water birth, or home birth, or hypnobirthing, or scheduled c - sections, or VBAC [vaginal birth after caesarean],» she said.

Among the many congratulatory blast emails and news releases the day after Election Day was one from the labor - supported Working Families Party.

Meanwhile, the Queensland Labor Party looks on, astonished that Rudd, a «native son», could not postpone his long - planned revenge against Gillard until after their state election campaign.

This decision comes on the heels of Espaillat's endorsement by the labor - backed Working Families Party, which decided to support the assemblyman's Senate run after initially taking a pass on him at its convention in Buffalo due to some division among its affiliates.

The mainline conference over the last several months has received reinforcements in the form of the labor - aligned Working Families Party, which released on Monday a «resistance» manifesto that urged the IDC to reconcile in order to pass sought - after liberal agenda measures.

The trouble began on Monday, when King blasted the labor - aligned Working Families Party and criticized Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins in a lengthy statement after liberal groups have started to put pressure on Gov. Andrew Cuomo to unite the various Democratic factions in the chamber.

After that the Labor Party, while still insisting they would not do a deal with the Greens, unilaterally offered ministries to two Greens for the first time ever in Australia (or anywhere in the English - speaking world outside of Ireland), and have effectively locked in a deal with the Greens.

The move comes after two major labor unions pulled out of the party amid alleged pressure from Cuomo.

The Working Families Party, which has been the target of some animosity from the right this campaign season, called the NYPD after receiving a suspicious letter containing some so - far unidentified white powder late this afternoon, a source close to the labor - backed party confiParty, which has been the target of some animosity from the right this campaign season, called the NYPD after receiving a suspicious letter containing some so - far unidentified white powder late this afternoon, a source close to the labor - backed party confiparty confirmed.

Working Families Party Executive Director Dan Cantor sent a triumphant memo to the labor - backed party's committee members yesterday, touting its performance Tuesday in New York, Connecticut and Vermont after a tumultuous Party Executive Director Dan Cantor sent a triumphant memo to the labor - backed party's committee members yesterday, touting its performance Tuesday in New York, Connecticut and Vermont after a tumultuous party's committee members yesterday, touting its performance Tuesday in New York, Connecticut and Vermont after a tumultuous year.

In 2010, when the party was under federal investigation and risked falling off the ballot in the following election, it agreed to endorse Cuomo after he made the party's leaders sign on to a pro-business platform that included fighting organized labor.

Cuomo at the Working Families Party convention last month gained the labor - backed organization's endorsement after agreeing to help pass a host of liberal - sought legislation, including a new minimum wage increase and the DREAM Act.

Teachout, a Fordham Law professor, initially challenged Cuomo for the WFP line in May, only to lose it at the state convention after Cuomo, labor leaders and activists in the party agreed on the incumbent's endorsement.

But labor leaders have advised Cuomo to not take the WFP's ballot line in September anyway after the Sept. 13 party primary — a move that could hamper the WFP's ability to garner votes in the general election and maintain its ballot status.

The Green Party expects to start its petition for 2012 ballot access after Labor Day.

Just hours after CNN first reported that Romney would appear at a Tea Party Express rally on Monday Sept. 5 - Labor Day — in Manchester, New Hampshire, the campaign changed that decision.

She unsuccessfully tried to secure the nomination of the labor - backed Working Families Party in May; its membership voted to endorse Cuomo after he said he would back a Democrat takeover of the state Senate, among other things.

The July memo came less than two months after Cuomo pledged to help Democrats retake control of the State Senate, as he sought the nomination of the labor - backed Working Families Party.

The episode began during the 2009 elections, after the Working Families Party, backed by labor unions and armed with a formidable voter turnout operation, won a series of surprise victories for liberal candidates.

However, after liberal groups and and the labor - aligned Working Families Party threatened to yank support for Gov. Andrew Cuomo's re-election, the governor pledged to help his party take full control of the chaParty threatened to yank support for Gov. Andrew Cuomo's re-election, the governor pledged to help his party take full control of the chaparty take full control of the chamber.

The development came after 48 hours of labor unions formally affiliated with the WFP pulling their support from the party, including 32BJSEIU and the Communications Workers of America.

Mr. de Blasio endorsed the two Independent Democratic Conference members shortly after the labor - backed Working Families Party said they would remain neutral in both races.

The left - leaning party, a hybrid of labor unions and liberal activists, won't rule out supporting Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders for president after Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a Democrat, made it clear she would not run.

Add the Retail Wholesale and Department Store Union to the list of labor groups not happy with the liberal Working Families Party, which suffered a big loss in New York last week after backing Bernie Sanders over Hillary Clinton.

The labor - backed party endorsed Cuomo in 2010 and, after much hand - wringing and dissent within its rank - and - file, again in 2014.

It's a proposal backed by 1199 / SEIU, the politically influential labor union, and comes after Cuomo was endorsed by the labor - aligned Working Families Party.

Hawkins joined us this past June just after the labor - friendly Working Families Party endorsed Governor Cuomo.

Usually held a week or so after Labor Day, this year's party conventions have been delayed, in part due to Jewish holidays, until at least the 23rd of this month.

Given a new opportunity to back a challenger to the governor, the Working Families Party officially endorsed Cynthia Nixon one day after Cuomo allegedly asked labor unions to pull their financial support of the community groups who endorsed his challenger.

He flirted with a bid for lieutenant governor but backed down after the labor - backed Working Families Party decided to endorse Mr. Cuomo in return for a series of compromises, including a commitment to hand control of the State Senate back to Democrats.

Ms. Jimino and Mr. Astorino are among a number of mayors and county leaders from both major political parties who have advocated for the repeal of the Triborough Amendment, which was named after a labor dispute at the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority, arguing that the measure strips them of leverage during contract talks.

When Wu told an Albany radio host that upstate businesses suffered from too much «red tape,» including the state's controversial Scaffold Law, the labor - backed Working Families Party — which is backing Cuomo - Hochul, after a serious - looking flirtation with Teachout - Wu — responded by accusing him of starting down «a slippery slope that would set the labor community back decades.»

The e-mail recalled a survey of the group's New York members that showed 73 percent of them wanted to see a challenge to Gov. Andrew Cuomo from the left, and the drama of the Working Families Party convention in June — where the labor - backed third party weighed running Ms. Teachout on its ballot line, but decided to instead endorse Mr. Cuomo after he agreed to pursue a number of left - wing policies in his second Party convention in June — where the labor - backed third party weighed running Ms. Teachout on its ballot line, but decided to instead endorse Mr. Cuomo after he agreed to pursue a number of left - wing policies in his second party weighed running Ms. Teachout on its ballot line, but decided to instead endorse Mr. Cuomo after he agreed to pursue a number of left - wing policies in his second term.

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.

Ironically, a deal to secure the Democratic majority may have cost Mr. Liu the election: he lost much of his coveted labor backing, like the Working Families Party, after Mr. Avella's IDC agreed this Spring to govern with the Democratic conference next year.

I wore this to a dinner party on vacation last week in the Outer Banks, NC, so it was NOT after Labor Day as the title suggests, but it got me thinking....

(In French, English and Russian with subtitles) A Good Old - Fashioned Orgy (R for profanity, pervasive sexuality and graphic nudity) Jason Sudeikis stars in this raunchy comedy about a party animal who decides to host a wild sex party over the Labor Day weekend after learning that his father (Don Johnson) has decided to put the family's summer home in the Hamptons on the market.

My sense, seven years after the Labor Party took control, is that the wheel has more or less come full circle.

The U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP)-- a bipartisan group of lawmakers — drafted the bill after finding a remarkable consensus among both parties in regards to the urgent need of — and solutions to — a fix of it's outdated No Child Left Behind (NCLB) counterpart.

Cyril Davis, a former UDP senator, resigned from the UDP after the 1989 election with the intention of forming a labor party but he ended up joining the PUP.

As to why the State government won't allow congestion pricing, the last time the Labor party was in government in Victoria they copped a lot of stick for allowing any tolls on Eastlink after unwisely having said there wouldn't be any.

Trump's deaf ear to problems facing middle Americans displaced from the workforce by American manufacturing industry leaving the country to chase after unregulated cheap foreign labor is why they fled the Democratic party and put him office?

Then again, the parties ended up agreeing on a new labor contract less than a month later, so perhaps rather than an imposition of one side's will on the other, there was, after the dust settled, a meeting of the minds.