Sentences with phrase «nationwide protests on»

At noon, Albany fast food workers join nationwide protests on the anniversary of the Memphis sanitation strike and rally as part of the Fight for $ 15 movement, state Capitol, Albany.

San Diego Fast - Food Workers to Join Nationwide Protests on 50th Anniversary of Historic Memphis Sanitation Strike Times of San Diego Debbie L. Sklar Feb. 9, 2018

Most problematic, McConnell took major issue with Earth Day, the nationwide protest on April 22, 1970 that galvanized a movement.

They've announced a nationwide protest on March 24 in Washington, D.C.. They've traveled to the Florida State Capitol lobbying for stricter gun laws.

While many districts favor a hands - off approach focused on safety as they prepare for the nationwide protest on March 14 — in which students throughout the country will walk out of class to advocate for gun... Read More

Flares are fired and a flotilla of boats head out of Whitstable Harbour as fishermen take part in a nationwide protest on April 8th, 2018, against the Brexit deal in Whitstable, England.

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Demonstrators planned to gather again on Saturday in U.S. cities nationwide to protest against Trump, whose election they say poses a threat to their civil and human rights, a day after a protester was shot in Portland, Oregon.

On Jan. 27, Trump signed the first executive order for a travel ban — related to travelers from seven Muslim - majority countries — which led to confusion across U.S. and overseas airports and resulted in nationwide protests against the order.

Nonetheless, Trump appears unmoved by nationwide protests or any other signs of oppositions against clamping down on immigration, which leads me to wonder what are the risks that America, particularly tech executives, see that Trump does not?

But as eager as Republicans might be to move on from gun control, it will likely be a difficult issue to avoid in coming months, as gun violence prevention activists expand nationwide protests.

Students are protesting nationwide on Wednesday, calling for action in Congress on gun control.

A press release dated August 3, 2017, and signed by the Association's Chairman, Charles Danso did not give a date for the start of the nationwide protest but called on members to support the agitation.

It would be recalled that organized labour on Wednesday January 20 organized a nationwide demonstration to protest the hikes in utility and fuel prices.

A protest which started on Friday at Harmondsworth immigration detention centre has spread to three other institutions, amid signs of nationwide unrest at the deportation process

A group of Stoneman Douglas shooting survivors over the weekend announced plans for a nationwide march to protest gun violence, with students criticizing the NRA's impact on stalling gun legislation in Congress.

Though Mr. Donovan's inability to secure an indictment of a NYPD officer in the death of Eric Garner, a black man, sparked protests nationwide, the otherwise low - key prosecutor is popular on Staten Island.

The two killings, on top of fatal police encounters elsewhere in the country, helped spark protests nationwide, calling for law enforcement officials to be held accountable for killing unarmed civilians.

A nationwide protest movement applying pressure on lawmakers to resist President Donald Trump's agenda has reached central and northern New York.

Cuomo's announcement came on a day of nationwide protests and rallies, as fast - food workers and other low - wage workers called for the $ 15 wage and for the right to unionize.

PHOTO ESSAY BY DONNA ACETO In the first of several nationwide actions initiated by high school students to protest the lack of meaningful legislative action on gun control, young people nationwide walked out of their classrooms on March 14 — some for 17 minutes to commemorate the 17 people killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High -LSB-...]

It was the worst school shooting since the February assault on Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., where a young man with an AR - 15 rifle left 17 people dead and prompted a wave of nationwide, student - led protests calling on lawmakers to tighten gun laws.

As women prepare to protest in sister marches in Washington, D.C., New York City and across the country on Saturday, more than 6,000 nationwide have signed up to boycott everything from fake smiles to paid jobs to laundry for two days starting tomorrow.

The umbrella body of Muslim faithfuls in Nigeria, the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), has announced its plan to embark on a nationwide protest against the Nigerian Law School over its law against the use of hijab.

Academy Award - winning filmmaker Quentin Tarantino joined hundreds of demonstrators waving signs, shouting through megaphones and marching along the city's streets on Saturday to protest police brutality nationwide.

Even after a grand jury decided not to indict NYPD Officer Daniel Pantaleo in the death of Eric Garner, sparking nationwide protests, the case promised to drag on for years thanks to a federal civil rights investigation, internal NYPD probe, and civil suit from Garner's family.

EC began the nationwide registration of prisoners on August 22, 2016, amid protests by some political parties like the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), that the exercise was being carried out without prior notification to stakeholders.

MoveOn also responded to electrical blackouts and skyrocketing energy costs in California by calling for cost controls on electricity utility companies, organizing a nationwide «roll your own energy blackout» - a voluntary, three - hour electricity - free evening on June 21, in which more than 10,000 participants turned out lights and unplugged TVs and other appliances to protest Bush's energy plan.

In response to the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, young people nationwide, including many New York City public school students, are planning to walk out of school for 17 minutes — one for every person killed — at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, March 14 to protest the U.S. Congress» inaction.

It would be recalled that members of SSANU nationwide embarked on an indefinite strike to protest the alleged skewed distribution of earned allowances in federal universities.

Sequel to the directive from the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, that churches nationwide should embark on a protest over the spate of killings by suspected...

Amid the growing nationwide protests, Trump made a statement Sunday elaborating on his decision.

The Nigeria Labour Congress has further threatened to embark on a nationwide protest to resist the plan by President Buhari and his economic team to sell off the nation's assets, stating that the effect of such action on Nigerians would be grievous.

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA — After a week of nationwide protests, Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard on 19 April sought to reassure scientists that her government was rethinking a rumored $ 423 million (AUD $ 400 million) cut to medical research over 3 years, starting in the 2011 - 12 budget.

BEIJING — China's education ministry ordered a nationwide investigation on Tuesday into whether schools are giving students medication without permission after a protest by parents of kindergarteners who were given an antiviral drug.

The shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School that left 17 people dead has sparked nationwide protests from students calling on lawmakers to end school gun violence.

Capturing the Baltimore protests in response to the 2015 police killing of Freddie Gray, Devin Allen's photographs went viral on social media and gained nationwide attention from mainstream media.

draws on the video Diamond Reynolds captured moments after her fiancé, Philando Castile, had been fatally shot by a police officer in July 2016 in Falcon Heights, Minnesota — an incident that sparked protests nationwide.

A nationwide march on Washington, DC, is scheduled for March 24, along with National School Walkout Day, a coordinated protest on March 14.

Demonstrators hold up signs during a rally in downtown Orlando, Florida, as part of the nationwide protest against gun violence across the U.S. on Saturday.

Former Rep. Jack Kingston, R - Ga., on Sunday tweeted a USA Today story about the student organizers helping lead a nationwide student walkout in protest of America's gun laws, adding the message: «O really?

The students were given detentions for walking out of school on March 14 as part of a nationwide protest.