Sentences with phrase «most labor leaders»
«Most labor leaders, when they are negotiating with the executive branch, are realistic,» said Mayor Mike Spano of Yonkers, a Democrat.
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The governor's administration worked closely with the board of directors of the Philadelphia Regional Port Authority, the port's staff, and business and labor leaders throughout the port to develop the very best, most effective capital program to improve commerce at the port of Philadelphia, and to prepare the port to meet industry trends for years to come.
Mr. Lens, a Chicago - based labor leader and activist in peace and radical movements, is the author of a number of books, including, most recently, The Promise and Pitfalls of Revolution.
At the Church of the Lord Jesus in Jolo, West Virginia - one of the country's most famous «signs following» churches - a group of worship leaders passed around a rattlesnake at a service last year on Labor Day weekend.
So the early Hebrews, whose most constant activity, next to sustaining life by labor, was war, needed a «Lord of hosts,» a superhuman leader of armies, and Yahweh met that need.
Little J's baby book had a place for what we were doing when I went into labor, how long I was in labor for, how much weight I gained, pretty much general birth things, and then it also had a place for things like headlines from the day, most popular songs, popular actors and athletes, world leaders, and average prices.
Labor leader Hector Figueroa said voters will choose the candidate who can best serve New Yorkers, «not who can seize the most headlines by waging personal attacks.»
Around the table sat Mr. Cuomo; the leaders of New York's most powerful labor unions; Joseph Crowley, the top - ranked New York Democrat in the House of Representatives; and the two rival Democratic leaders of the State Senate — Andrea Stewart - Cousins, who leads the main group of Democrats, and Jeffrey D. Klein, who leads the breakaway group — among others.
While the party's executive committee is dominated by major labor unions — it includes leaders of SEIU 1199 and the Communications Workers of America — most state committee people are engaged and active citizen activists.
At 1 p.m., NY Renews, a coalition of community organizations, environmental justice groups, labor unions, faith groups, business leaders, and other advocates fighting for equitable climate policies, holds a telephone press conference to call on Cuomo to step up as a leader for communities hurt most by climate change.
ALBANY — The most prominent elements of the Working Families Party spent Friday at war with one another, with labor leaders hoping to broker a deal to endorse Governor Andrew Cuomo threatening to formally, publicly secede, and activists digging in around the candidacy of Fordham Law professor Zephyr Teachout.
And labor leaders say the top union official in the state, Denis M. Hughes, the president of the New York State A.F.L. - C.I.O., is concerned about what could turn out to be a debilitating schism in the most unionized state in the country.
«The governor in his time and office has swayed back and forth between the right and the left, and I think he has found the most goodwill and the broadest support from the largest number of people when he's fought for things that are broadly popular,» said Michael Kink, leader of the labor - backed Strong Economy for All coalition.
Gay City News on the shutdown of Brian Ellner's appointment to the Empire State Pride Agenda: «Nearly everyone who spoke to Gay City News — both advocates and foes of Ellner — cited the adamant opposition to him from board member Stuart Appelbaum, president of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, one of the city's most progressive labor leaders and a tough critic of Bloomberg.
ALBANY, NY (02/15/2012)(readMedia)-- CSEA President Danny Donohue, one of the most influential and well - respected leaders in the American labor movement, has been returned to office without opposition.
Most notably, Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole, R - Kan., used a heavily promoted Labor Day speech to criticize «multilingual education» and lend his support to...
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