Sentences with phrase «union leadership supports»

If the Union leadership supports Malloy, it is time to form quit CEA and AFT to form our own Union to work in our interests.

Not exact matches

Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.

Mr Rees - Mogg insisted he fully supports Theresa May, saying there needed to be a period of consistent leadership as the country leaves the European Union.

And endorsement from the union leadership is different than enthusiastic support from the rank - and - file and the overall voters.

Under such conditions, and with such leadership capabilities, support for the union can be enforced through punishment, meaning leadership in the form of the supervising agent will play a more significant role in attaining cooperation.

The Sussex Against Privatisation Campaign originally sought support from the existing union branches on campus — Unite, Unison and UCU — but were rebuffed by what they see as a conservative leadership presiding over an ossified system.

This meant he resisted an invitation from Cameron, who had suggested the unions» support for his leadership was a «scandal he should do something about», to repeat last week's party funding offensive.

Over the period of falling support the Labour leadership has announced or supported a raft of right - wing policies including: accepting the Tories 2015 - 16 spending plans, ending universal winter fuel payments, capping welfare spending, restricting migrants» rights and weakening Labour's union link.

Dick Dadey, Executive Director of Citizens Union, and Tim Hoefer, Executive Director of the Empire Center, were present at the event to show to support for Assemblyman Tedisco's leadership in bringing greater transparency to state spending decisions.

Unions coordinated and streamlined nominations for the leadership to maximise support for Ed Miliband, mobilised considerable unregulated expenses in his favour and restricted the availability of their membership lists to their nominee, the pair said.

If Serwotka is not to be seen as hypocritical, I challenge him to introduce a rule change which will enable supporters to vote in the leadership election of the PCS by paying # 3 and stating they support the aims and objectives of the trade union movement.

«Republicans also stand to benefit if Mr. Perez wins the recount because his leadership of the Assembly and public union support make him a ripe target,» the Wall Street Journal's Allysia Finley wrote.

This week's party conference in Liverpool is seeing tensions between the Labour leadership and that of the unions, who are uncomfortable with Mr Miliband's refusal to support those planning to strike against changes to public sector pensions.

As I wrote in my DN column this morning, the teachers and the public employee unions aren't sold on Cuomo — largely due to proposals that are unpopular with the leadership like spending and property tax caps, wage freezes and support for charter schools.

Mark - Viverito, a previous candidate for Council in the district, is an East Harlem community activist and organizer with the Hospital Workers Union who has the support of much of the political leadership in the south Bronx.

Speaking to Channel 4 News, Labour leadership contender Ed Miliband - who is widely supported by the trade unions - said the unions were «absolutely right» to show concern.

Instead of managing highly institutionalised political funds, the role of the union leadership would be to mobilise its membership to actively support progressive causes through choice.

«The fact that the party has suspended a high profile trade union member is bound to have a «chilling effect» on other members who may support one candidate or the other in the leadership contest and who may express critical political opinion or comments concerning one or both of the two leadership candidates.

The source said de Blasio has privately told members of the Working Families Party that he was particularly moved to get involved in flipping the Senate after learning that the leadership of health care union 1199 SEIU, which in the past has supported select Senate Republicans, is part of the effort.

Such attacks are unlikely to be unleashed on Ms. Davids, an unemployed single mother, and the NYC Parents Union because they have been past allies of the UFT regarding parent leadership, supporting the community schools initiative, pushing charter schools to enroll more special ed students, and keeping teacher evaluations private.

The top line is that despite recent declarations of support from a number of leading unions for Ed Miliband, his brother David is still poised to win the Labour leadership - with Ed Balls trailing in fifth place:

The leaders of the Patrolmen's Benevolent Assn. and the Sergeants Benevolent Assn., two major police unions, accused Mayor Bill de Blasio of failing to provide the kind of leadership necessary to bolster public support for police and said his leniency toward protesters had laid the groundwork for Brinsley's rampage.

Mr Miliband sought to shake off the tabloids» «Red Ed» tag in his leader's speech to the party conference in Manchester after winning the Labour leadership off the back of substantial support from Britain's unions.

Campbell was one of 36 Labour MPs to nominate Jeremy Corbyn as a candidate in the Labour leadership election of 2015 [8] and one of a handful of Labour MPs to publicly support leaving the European Union.

Union bosses will go toe - to - toe with the Labour leadership today as they fight for delegates at the Labour conference to approve a motion opposing the party's support for a public sector pay freeze.

Union bosses are going toe - to - toe with the Labour leadership today as they fight for delegates at the Labour conference to approve a motion opposing the party's support for a public sector pay freeze.

There is even less prospect of party conference (where half the votes lie with the trade unions) agreeing any OMOV process which would exclude trade unionists from future leadership elections even if it is supported by 56 % of Labour List readers.

While a handful of Brexit - supporting Labour MPs would back the government, if the party leadership signalled to MPs to vote against it because Labour was now more sympathetic to a customs union as an end point, then Theresa May would be in danger of losing.

As two major unions, Unite and Unison prepare to announce this week which candidate they will support in the Labour leadership contest, political editor Gary Gibbon analyses how the battle is testing the brotherly bond between David and Ed Miliband.

Support from the trade unions proved decisive in Ed Miliband's Labour leadership victory, and he has sought to move the party on from the New Labour era, projecting a more left wing message on tax and inequality.

John Hannett, the general secretary of Usdaw, the shop workers» union which has not supported Corbyn in his bids for the leadership, called the the result a «wake - up call» and warned the Labour party not to «pass the buck».

She's a national officer for trade union Prospect and voted for Ed Balls in the leadership election, but quoted support from other leadership candidates (not including Dianne Abbott).

Mr Miliband won the last leadership election largely thanks to support from unions, but Mr McCluskey said he suspected only 10 % of its one million members affiliated to Labour would opt to stay in if asked now.

Former Labour Cabinet minister Jim Murphy has confirmed he will stand for the leadership in Scotland, but the prominent Blairite may struggle to pick up union support and is expected to face a stiff challenge from Left - wingers.

Earlier this week the GMB union, which supported Mr Miliband's leadership bid, announced it was slashing its affiliation funds to the Labour Party from # 1.2 million to # 150,000.

That's what the leadership of the Chicago Teachers Union has decided with its drive this year to support teachers who are dealing with discipline and safety problems in the trenches.

But support for her leadership within the union has splintered to the point where she faces four challengers in elections next week.

In 2008, the NEA unveiled the «Great Public Schools for Every Student by 2020» project, in which the union committed to «creating models for state - based educational improvement,» «developing a new framework for accountability systems that support authentic student learning,» and «fostering a constructive relationship with U.S. Department of Education leadership.»

Today is the last day for LA teachers union members to submit their votes to support or reject the teacher evaluation agreement that has been hashed out between UTLA leadership and LAUSD.

Our union leadership should be proposing alternatives that assist in the recruitment and support of Black and Latino / a educators, and historically speaking, standardized tests are better instruments of exclusion than inclusion.»

Our members lead the charge for change by building a movement of forward - thinking educators through grassroots organizing; identifying, training and supporting teacher leaders to take on key leadership positions in their schools, districts, states and unions; creating teacher - led policy recommendations on issues selected by local educators; and advocating for implementation of those ideas through teacher - driven campaigns.

CEC provides a variety of services to support this essential first step on the pathway, including working with union, district, and school leadership to build collaborative structures.

UTLA Delivers No - Confidence Vote to LAUSD Superintendent John Deasy LAUSD's teachers union issued an overwhelming vote of no - confidence Thursday in the leadership of Superintendent John Deasy as he finishes his second year, while a rival survey released by civil rights groups showed strong support for his reform strategies and called for an even more aggressive...

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.

The Saginaw school community also benefited from a three - day forum sponsored by NEA's Priority Schools Campaign, which provided leadership from the Saginaw Education Association with a platform to work with their school administrators and share winning strategies with more than 300 teachers, education support professionals, union leaders, and district administrators and parents.

Regardless of teachers» opinions about OSPI, their union, or non-profits, we are in a unique situation in this state where teaching and teacher leadership is supported unlike anywhere else across the nation.

Ultimately, a successful case would create a new class of teacher: union members who aren't coerced into supporting their leadership's political activities.

The solution is that the leadership of the two major teacher unions, and all of the others committed to public education, should be retreating from their support of the Common Core and its associated testing scheme.

While Ms. Taylor and Ms. Rich do acknowledge that some union leadership is not really on board, they missed the serious split within New York's UFT — New Action Caucus may have put up a motion to support Opt Out, but that motion repeats an earlier attempt by the Movement of Rank and File Educators (MORE) Caucus to pass a similar resolution in March.

Considering Malloy's record of failure includes the following education issues, the decision by the CEA leadership to support Malloy is a tribute to the power of incumbency and the disconnect that exists between union leaders and their membership.