Sentences with phrase «national labor unions»

And, using very harsh words, Clinton accused national labor unions campaigning for Lincoln's opponent, Lt. Gov. Bill Halter, of trying to manipulate Arkansas voters to «terrify» other Democrats in Congress into cowering to union demands.

Clinton made an appearance with Lincoln at a campaign event last Friday in Little Rock, and the new 30 - second spot features video of Clinton quoting from a Washington Post article that said that national labor unions had decided to make Lincoln «the poster child for what happens when a Democrat crosses them.»

Perez's endorsement comes after Clinton has received the endorsements of 15 national labor unions representing more than 11 million workers.

1866: The now - defunct National Labor Union asks Congress to pass a law mandating the eight - hour workday.

The poll of 400 likely voters in the newly drawn 24th District was paid for by House Majority PAC, a Super PAC supporting Democratic House candidates, and the SEIU, a national labor union.

An earlier poll in mid-July paid for by the House Majority PAC and national labor union SEIU, showed Maffei leading Buerkle, 44 percent to 40 percent, with 11 percent undecided.

Affiliated with both AAUP, the professional society for college and university teachers, and AFT, a national labor union within AFL / CIO, this hybrid group represents all of Rutgers's faculty members, research associates, and graduate student employees.

AFT was formed after many previous attempts at forming a national labor union for teachers had failed.

Not exact matches

The Service Trades Council Union — a coalition of various smaller unions that represents workers at Disney World — officially filed a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board over the withheld bonuses on Monday.

Employees that are also members of a union or worker solidarity march are protected from video surveillance according to Section 7 of the NLRA or National Labor Relations Act.

However, Paul Reilly, the Guild representative involved in the Bloomberg effort, says the union has no plans to file an unfair labor - practices charge with the National Labor Relations Board about McGlaughlin's dismilabor - practices charge with the National Labor Relations Board about McGlaughlin's dismiLabor Relations Board about McGlaughlin's dismissal.

Thursday's decision by the National Labor Relations Board involving the Teamsters Union and Browning - Ferris Industries reverses decades of standard practice around the concept of joint ownership in business.

The union was history, decertified in a formal National Labor Relations Boardsupervised vote by a whopping 40 to 17.

The U.S. National Labor Relations Act guarantees workers, whether they are in a union or not, the right to engage in «concerted activities» for their «mutual aid or protection».

Tesla has a hearing before the National Labor Relations Board in November for charges that company supervisors and security guards harassed workers distributing union literature.

In New York, the National Labor Relations Board is hearing a formal dispute between two unions, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and the International Association of Machinists, over which group will represent LaGuardia airport - based drivers.

The company has tangled with local and national governments, labor unions and even its own drivers.

These principles of economic justice must be applied in the personal relations of the community and the market place, in corporations and labor unions, in» national affairs and in the world scene.

Perusing the index of Origins, the weekly publication of representative documents and speeches compiled by Catholic News Service, our imaginary historian will note, for example, the following initiatives undertaken at the national, diocesan and parish levels in 1994 - 95: providing alternatives to abortion; staffing adoption agencies; conducting adult education courses; addressing African American Catholics» pastoral needs; funding programs to prevent alcohol abuse; implementing a new policy on altar servers and guidelines for the Anointing of the Sick; lobbying for arms control; eliminating asbestos in public housing; supporting the activities of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (227 strong); challenging atheism in American society; establishing base communities (also known as small faith communities); providing aid to war victims in Bosnia; conducting Catholic research in bioethics; publicizing the new Catechism of the Catholic Church; battling child abuse; strengthening the relationship between church and labor unions; and deepening the structures and expressions of collegiality in the local and diocesan church.

Neuhaus» National Catholic Register interview in which he said that the Cardinal's support of labor unions was «a weakness rather than a strength,» I said that he «never spoke that way about the Cardinal's stand on labor issues while the Cardinal was alive.»

Paperwork signed by what union organizers say represents the majority of the current Wildcats football team was submitted Tuesday to the Chicago office of the National Labor Relations Board.

The IDC will oppose any law that attempts to disenfranchise labor unions in this state and I urge my colleagues at the national level to do the same.»

TIMES UNION CHARGED WITH BREAKING THE LAW The Times Union broke the law when it walked workers out of the newspaper's offices when it was supposed to be negotiating criteria for layoffs, the National Labor Relations Board has charged.

Rep. Keith Ellison picked up the backing of the politically active labor union 32BJ SEIU on Wednesday, which endorsed his bid for the chairmanship of the Democratic National Committee.

Flynn, a businessman from Hunter, is being backed by the Transport Workers Union, a national labor organization, whose international president, John Samuelsen, (also FORMER president of TWU Local 100 here in New York), said in a statement to be released by Flynn's campaign that the candidate is «a leader who understands that the economic security of families must be the highest priority of Congress, and that unions are a necessary partner in that mission.»

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Public Sector Unions were excluded from the National Labor Relations Act of 1935 (nicknamed the Wagner Act) signed by Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Local campaign staff and candidates, staff at union locals labor organizations not based in DC, community organizing groups that aren't part of national networks, grassroots groups that aren't getting funding from the main backers of community organizing and progressive causes, staff working in local government, and the list goes on and on.

New York has the highest union membership rate in the country — one in four workers belong to labor groups, more than double the national rate of 10.7 percent, according to the Bureau of Labor Statislabor groups, more than double the national rate of 10.7 percent, according to the Bureau of Labor StatisLabor Statistics.

While the union waited for management to finalize the deal, the decertification petition was submitted to the National Labor Relations Board on Tuesday.

Labor unions and national committees for campaign finance reform backed incumbent Democrat Cecilia Tkaczyk, the farmer.

According to the Building and Construction Trades Council of Greater New York (BCTC), an organization consisting of local affiliates of 15 national and international unions representing 100,000 members in New York City, project labor agreements (PLAs) with these terms for four projects valued at $ 345 million are in the process of being executed by unions in the industry.

Unlike at the national level, where labor is solidly aligned with Democrats, there aren't always clear partisan divisions between the candidates backed by unions and those who back unions» priorities.

NGP VAN counts thousands of Democratic campaigns and progressive organizations amongst its clients, including President Obama's re-election, all the national Democratic committees, thousands of Democratic campaigns including almost every winning Democratic U.S. Senate candidate, most of the U.S. House winning candidates, and hundreds of labor unions, progressive and non-partisan PACs, and other organizations.

If you can do that in New York, then it is a national statement that union labor is not what union labor once was.»

At a rally in Manhattan, the Democratic governor shared the stage with national labor leaders after a state wage board recommended raising the minimum wage for fast - food workers to $ 15 and hour, delivering a key victory in a national push by unions — led by Service Employees International Union — to improve the lot of (and unionize) employees at McDonald's, Burger King and other chains.

Schneiderman lined up a long string of endorsements from the left — from labor unions like SEIU 1199 and HTC to the Rev. Al Sharpton (a nod that might come back to haunt the senator in the general election against Republican Staten Island DA Dan Donovan, after he pledged Sharpton's National Action Network would have an «annex» in Albany if he's elected»).

Others, like Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R), came out of nowhere — emerging as a national political player during his ongoing standoff with the state's labor unions in recent weeks.

Those attending the People's State of the State Rally included advocates and officials from The Fiscal Policy Institute, the Hunger Action Network of New York State, Interfaith Impact of New York State, the New York State Labor - Religion Coalition, Physicians for a National Health Program and Reform Jewish Voice of New York State, according to the Times Union of Albany.

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.

The rally was co-sponsored by members of the Let NY Vote coalition, which includes over thirty organizations, nonprofits, and labor unions, including Common Cause / NY, Public Citizen, New York State United Teachers, SEIU 32BJ, RWDSU, CWA District 1, as well as the statewide NAACP and the National Action Network, grassroots organizations, faith groups, civil liberties, reproductive and immigrant rights, criminal justice and re-entry groups, New American, and the LGBTQ community.

Graduate assistants at private universities may form unions, the National Labor Relations Board ruled today in a case involving Columbia University.

Last June, the longtime head of the WFP's New York operation, Dan Cantor, became the party's national director, and he is trying to replicate the local formula of uniting labor unions and liberal activists and expand beyond the WFP's current seven chapters.

The Let NY Vote coalition is made up of over thirty organizations, nonprofits, and labor unions, including Common Cause / NY, Public Citzen, New York State United Teachers, SEIU 32BJ, RWDSU, CWA District 1, as well as the statewide NAACP and National Action Network, civil liberties, reproductive and immigrant rights, criminal justice and re-entry groups, New American, and the LGBTQ community.

NEW YORK, NY (12/18/2017)(readMedia)-- Last week, over thirty organizations, nonprofits, labor unions, including the New York State United Teachers, SEIU 32BJ, RWDSU, CWA District 1, and civil rights organizations, including Statewide NAACP and National Action Network, civil liberties, reproductive and immigrant rights, criminal justice and re-entry groups, New American and LGBTQ community groups sent a letter demanding that Governor Cuomo and the legislative leaders prioritize Early Voting in the 2018 - 19 budget.

Keeping labor relatively happy, however, helps Cuomo become the leader of a new national Democratic identity, one that contrasts with the Republican right's union - bashing yet is fiscally conservative and socially progressive.

Cuomo has already been endorsed by several labor unions, the Human Rights Campaign, a leading national LGBT advocacy group, and even musician Elton John.

Cuomo, who has faced criticism from public - sector unions, basked in the praise of private - sector labor allies with whom he has had a much closer relationship, and which have led a national movement for a $ 15 minimum wage.