Sentences with phrase «sanitation workers from»

On Wednesday, Brooklyn Councilman Greenfield will introduce a bill to ban sanitation workers from slapping neon green shame stickers on cars that violate alternate side parking rules.

Up until six years ago, governors routinely signed legislation shielding NYPD, FDNY, Department of Corrections and Department of Sanitation workers from cuts made to disability payouts for civil servant in less hazardous fields — allowing them to receive 75 percent of their former salary.

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Fast - food workers striking across the mid-south today were joined by workers from the 1968 sanitation strike, connecting the important historic action 50 years ago to today's walk out.

(4) It consists of asking people to imagine themselves in a culture where nearly all the people in charge, from the President to the sanitation worker, are women, where all the «mothers» are men, and where the male body is seen as weak and unclean.

Inadequate training, sanitation, and protective gear meant workers and the environment suffered from contamination.

Marshall also honored Sanitation Department workers Semi Nkozi and Joseph Maneggio, who rescued a group of children from a burning Far Rockaway building in December; Detectives Richard Johnson and Charles Lo Presti, who arrested a suspect in the Jan. 1 firebombing of an Islamic center in Jamaica; and 91 - year - old World War II veteran Arno Heller of Rego Park.

In November, the mayor made a show of rolling out his labor support when he first declared for reelection, touting early endorsements from SEIU 32BJ, the Uniformed Sanitation Workers Union, and the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union.

As part of the deal, the de Blasio administration and the sanitation workers» union will create a joint Labor - Management Committee on Productivity, which will review productivity targets related to the mayor's plan, announced last month, to cut all waste from landfills by 2030.

It was sanitation, it was sanitation,»» garnering raucous applause from the workers in attendance.

De Blasio commended sanitation workers for their role in helping the city rebuild following Hurricane Sandy in 2012, as he battles the federal government over how effectively the city managed funds provided for the Build It Back program for homeowners and faces pressure from City Council members to speed up the rebuilding of homes.

She also discussed the effort by some to prohibit uniformed city workers, the NYPD, FDNY and Sanitation, from marching in uniform and under identifying banners.

Thousands of people plan actions to honor Dr. King's fight for basic freedom for sanitation workers and protest the rigged economy, just days before Supreme Court will hear case meant to attack working people Manhattan, NY — Today, leaders from -LSB-...]

Another source said the effort from the Speaker was well - intentioned, and that Mark - Viverito and her staff are considering whether to include other uniformed workers in the legislation, such as sanitation workers.

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Deep within it lives our narrator Flora 717, a worker bee from the sanitation division of her colony.

Ligon has also lifted quotes, jokes, and poems from Ralph Ellison, Richard Pryor, Muhammad Ali, and Ernest C. Withers's indelible photograph of a 1968 strike of black sanitation workers in Memphis, Tennessee, in which each carries a sign reading «i am a man.»

Ernest C. Withers, American, 1922 - 2007, In Front of Clayborn Temple, Sanitation Workers Strike, Memphis, March 28, 1968, Gelatin silver print, printed from original negative in 1999, Memphis Brooks Museum of Art purchase with funds provided by Ernest and Dorothy Withers, Panopticon Gallery, Inc., Waltham, MA, Landon and Carol Butler, The Deupree Family Foundation, and The Turley Foundation 2005.3.32 © Withers Family Trust

Ligon took the text and poster format from twenty years earlier, from striking black sanitation workers in Memphis.

The slogan is adapted from the first line of Ralph Ellison's prologue to «Invisible Man»; Photographer Ernest Withers documented the strikers bearing the signs securing the image's prominence in civil rights history; And Martin Luther King Jr. traveled to Memphis to address the sanitation workers and he was assassinated the next day.

The event brought together an impressive array of groups, including indigenous peoples, fishermen, traditional riverbank communities, popular movements from the periphery of urban centers, union workers opposed to the privatization of water and sanitation systems, and environmental and human rights NGOs and students, among others.

Bagger / Utility Worker Jan 2016 — Present Meijer — Canton, MI • Greet and help customers in the front area of the store • Collect carts from the parking • Maintain safety and cleanliness of entry ways or floors • Ensure parking lot cleanliness and sanitation

Stocked supplies in serving stations, cupboards, refrigerators, and salad bars Stored clean equipment and utensils Supervised and coordinated activities of cooks and workers engaged in food preparation Took beverage orders from serving staff or directly from patrons Transferred supplies and equipment between storage and work areas Took orders from patrons for food or beverages Used all food handling standards Wrote patrons \» food orders on order slips, memorized orders, and entered orders into computers for transmittal to kitchen staff Communicated with customers regarding orders, comments, and complaints Complied with scheduled kitchen sanitation and ensured all standards and practices were met Made and served drinks to guests and cocktail servers following established guidelines, procedures, and policies Maintained contact with kitchen staff, management, serving staff, and customers Facilitated prompt and accurate seating and service of all guests.