Sentences with phrase «leaders of the unions joined»

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TORONTO — The heads of two of Canada's biggest unions say they're resigning so new leaders can take the helm and expand the membership rolls as the groups join together in a merger that will create the country's largest private - sector union.

RWDSU and the TWU have joined a growing list of unions siding with Gustavo Rivera against Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr. in the upcoming Sept. 14 primary, playing up his ties to organized labor and pledge to support «fair wages» and «good health care.»

The area's local Labour MP and deputy leader of the Labour party Harriet Harman will join the union's national president Janice Godrich on the platform.

Igor Dodon, de facto leader of the Socialists, has not only once stated its intentions to denounce the Association Agreement with the European Union and join the Eurasian Economic Union led by the Russian Federation, based his entire campaign on criticizing both EU and Romania («The Romanian gendarme will not be our master»).

The size of the challenge facing Ed Miliband was thrown into stark relief this morning, after a prominent union leader warned just ten per cent of his members would be likely to join Labour.

At 12:30 p.m., Senate Labor Chairwoman Marisol Alcantara, joined by her fellow IDC members and leaders of major labor unions, will announce legislation to combat union - busting tactics used in right - to - work states spreading nationally, outside Senate chambers, 3rd Floor, State Capitol, Albany.

Joined by celebrities, government leaders and union organizers, angry protesters flooded Columbus Circle, Broadway and several blocks of Central Park West.

The high - level Democrats have joined Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, the AFL - CIO and the Machinists Union International in pressuring Siemens to halt its plans to sell off part of the Wellsville business and move the rest out of state.

She already has support from three influential labor unions — the Communications Workers of America, the New York State Nurses Association and the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union — whose local leaders joined her on stage, along with about half a dozen City Council members.

Teachers, administrators and union leaders joined forces in what was termed the One Voice United rally, targeting the increasing reliance of the state's education system on standardized testing.

ALBANY, NY (04/12/2010)(readMedia)-- Joined by labor leaders representing 2 1/2 million union members across the state, New York State AFL - CIO President Denis Hughes today announced the Labor Federation's endorsement of Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney.

Recently, the IDC Leader, Senator Jeff Klein, and the other conference members were joined by heads of the major public workers labor unions to promote bills to make it easier to join a union.

The largest teaching union, the NUT, has joined forces with the National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) which represents 28,500 school leaders, to launch a petition calling for greater consultation on the new English Baccalaureate Certificate (EBC).

Squadron, who represents, the Lower East Side, and Wright were joined by members of the tenant association, community leaders, representatives of the International Union of Elevator Constructors Local 1 and other labor groups.

Now, even the fiscally conservative small business lobby, the National Federation of Independent Business, has joined progressive groups, unions and local government leaders, and come out against the plan.

NEW YORK, NY — Independent Democratic Conference Leader Jeff Klein (D - Westchester / Bronx) and State Senator Diane Savino (D - Staten Island / Brooklyn) joined Stuart Appelbaum, president of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Stores Union, and Macy's employees, retail workers, and working family advocates, in front of the iconic Macy's Herald Square on Friday calling for increased funding to child care subsidies.

Recent recruits are even more Corbynite — over 80 % of those who've joined in the last year are anti-Trident, over 70 % think unions should have more influence and would only support a leader who opposed airstrikes in Syria.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WBEN)- Congressman Brian Higgins joined House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and members of the Machinists Union International to highlight issues with the Republican Tax Plan on Wednesday.

Now even the fiscally conservative small business lobby, the National Federation of Independent Business, has joined progressive groups, unions and local government leaders that are coming out against the plan.

The union leaders joined Katko for the endorsement announcement in front of the police memorial at Forman Park in Syracuse.

The pro government protest came 24 hours after leaders of the labour unions and the Nigeria Union of Teachers joined others in Kaduna state to protest the sack of 21,000 teachers who failed a competency test organized by the government.

They will be releasing a statement in which they are joined by labor union leaders including Robert Schwartz of American Federation of Government Employees - Local 1151; Julie Kushner, Director, United Auto Workers Region 9A; Stuart Appelbaum, President of Retail, Wholesale, Department Store United.

Cuomo was joined by House Democratic Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, members of Congress including Rep. Paul Tonko of Amsterdam and scores of union leaders and rank - and - file members.

City Councilmembers and union leaders joined Stringer Tuesday to rally for a new crackdown on the vermin at Mitchell Square Park in Washington Heights, which Stringer's office reported has the city's highest rate of rat infestation.

Cuomo, joined by union and business leaders, and representatives from county governments, offered more details of his plan to build three new gambling casinos.

The mayor, who recently launched his reelection campaign, was joined by singer Cher, filmmaker Michael Moore, actors Mark Ruffalo, Julianne Moore and Rosie O'Donnell, as well as a number of community organizers, union leaders, and others.

Maloney joined dozens of community leaders, labor unions and political action committees in endorsing Costa's City Council campaign for a 22nd District seat, which represents Astoria along with parts of Long Island City, Woodside, East Elmhurst, and Jackson Heights.

Leaders of several major unions joined de Blasio Monday at a news conference to announce the push.

On October 11, Majority Leader Joseph Lorigo, Chairman of the Legislature's Finance and Management Committee, joined Henry Wojtaszek, President / CEO of Batavia Downs Gaming, Thurman Thomas, Hall of Fame former Buffalo Bills running back, Vice Chair of NYS Tourism Advisory Council and Batavia Downs Ambassador, Lee Zarpentine, Labor Relations Representative of United Public Service Employees Union (UPSEU), Comptroller Stefan Mychajliw and Mike Nolan, COO of Batavia Downs to announce Erie County has received $ 545,984 from Batavia Downs Gaming in the second quarter of 2017 alone.

Josh also joined with colleagues at the American Geophysical Union and the Aerospace Industries Association to spearhead the formation of a broad - based NASA advocacy coalition, now known as the Coalition for Aerospace and Science, and he was a community - wide leader in advocating for reforms to burdensome government travel and conference policies which have significantly impacted the AAS community's ability to collaborate effectively.

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Ousted leaders had floated the possibility of forming an independent union, or joining with another AFL - CIO nurse union, as an AFT local outside of Kansas City did in June.

In Brill's telling, the education class war pits a heroic group of entrepreneurial philanthropists, highly successful hedge fund billionaires, and idealistic Ivy Leaguers who join Teach for America against somewhat grubby and grasping rank - and - file public school teachers and their union leaders, who often put their own selfish interests above those of the children.

Another 300 teachers joined the TLI in 2014.55 All participating teachers learn skills associated with three kinds of leadership: instructional leadership, or how teacher leaders can improve the systems that support teachers and students within schools and districts; policy leadership, or how teacher leaders can influence policymakers at local, state, and national levels; and association leadership, or how teacher leaders can advance the goals of their local and national unions.56 When they return to their districts, these teacher leaders work to address leadership challenges that they identified through their training.

During the last weekend in March, union leaders, state education leaders, teacher leaders, one of ED's Principal Ambassador Fellows and I joined -LSB-...]

The delegation, which consisted of teacher union presidents Dennis Van Roekel and Randi Weingarten, executive director of the Council of Chief State School Officers Chris Minnich, and U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, joined with education ministers and teacher leaders from across the globe to discuss the need to close opportunity gaps and help children start school healthy and ready to learn.

Mr. Parker said he did «serious thinking» before accepting Ms. Rhee's offer, knowing that some of his fellow union leaders would find it suspicious, but decided to join up because he believes it is important for all educators to seek common ground.

Montgomery refused to join Maryland's successful bid in 2010 for a federal Race to the Top school - reform grant because union and school leaders found it out of sync with the evaluation system they had created.

During the last weekend in March, union leaders, state education leaders, teacher leaders, one of ED's Principal Ambassador Fellows and I joined delegations from 15 high - performing education systems across the globe for the 5thInternational Summit on the Teaching Profession in Banff, Canada.

The time is long past due for the leaders of Connecticut's teachers unions to join their colleagues in other states and condemn the Common Core Testing system.

During Sierra's Q&A, she called Turkey one of the leaders among developing countries creating clean power and energy efficiency projects, and said the region is acting aggressively on climate change in order to help it meet requirements to join the European Union.

«The Nevada State AFL - CIO has joined the chorus of unions slamming Obamacare, claiming that certain provisions of the law could end up destroying multi-employer union health plans and criticizing the administration for not addressing its concerns... Several unions, including UNITE HERE, the United Food and Commercial Workers and the Teamsters, have already voiced their concerns, sending a letter to Democratic leaders in Congress warning that the law as it now stands could have dire consequences for workers by undermining their healthcare plans, known as Taft - Hartley plans.»